Daisen v. United States

Daisen was convicted upon counts 2 and 3 of an indictment, in which counts ho was charged with unlawful transportation and possession of intoxicating liquor. He was engaged in carrying this cargo from Canada to’ the United States, at a point a little below Detroit. The proof shows that three prohibition agents were upon the Detroit liver in a motorboat, acting as a part of what was called the “marine motor boat patrol,” engaged in detecting and preventing unlawful marine transportation of liquor. The agents saw Daisen some distance away, tíoming from Canada in Ms open motorboat, 24 feet long.…