State v. Hecker

A recital of some of the facts is necessary for a clear understanding of the points presented for decision. For several days prior to Sunday, April 16, 1922, the defendant had been negotiating with Frank Bowker for the illicit sale of whisky which the defendant said a friend of his owned and wished to sell. The price was $80 per case; and it was understood that Bowker would take 15 cases. The defendant was living in Portland in an apartment with a young woman to whom he was not married. Frank Bowker also lived in Portland. There is testimony to the effect that the defendant drove in an…