State v. Brown

Defendant was convicted of persistent violation of the Prohibition Act (Comp. Laws 1917, §§ 3341-3381), and appeals. The information charged that, after a previous conviction of a similar offense, the defendant on January 30, 1926, unlawfully had in his possession a 10-gallon keg partially filled with moonshine whisky. Defendant at the time resided with his wife in a house situated at the mouth of a canyon in Iron county, a remote and isolated place about 3 miles from the main traveled road. On the day in question, the county sheriff and his deputy went to the vicinity and from a distance saw…