State v. Motley

The defendants, Robert S. Motley and Alma Fields, were indicted on the fourth day of January, 1928, by the grand jury of Umatilla County, charged with the crime of “unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor” on the fourth day of November, 1927. The cause came on for trial on the sixth day of February, 1928, before the court and a jury. The defendants were convicted. They were each fined $400 and sentenced to the Umatilla County jail for five months. From the judgment they have appealed.

A. F. Marrott, a witness for the state, testified that he was a state prohibition agent on November 4,…