Peterson v. United States

HUNT, Circuit Judge.

Peterson, plaintiff in error, and one Maelhorn were convicted in the commissioner’s court in Alaska upon a complaint charging them with unlawful possession of whisky, commonly called “white mule,” in violation of section 1 of the Alaska prohibition statute (39 Stat. 903, c. 53 [48 U.S.C.A. § 261]). Peterson was sentenced to nine months in jail and to pay a fine of $900, and upon appeal to the District Court of the Territory of Alaska, he was again convicted. Thereafter he brought writ of error to this court.

The evidence is that the prohibition officers who were in an…