In Re Ora Mitts

— This is a proceeding in habeas corpus. The facts show that on September 8, 1925, the prosecuting attorney of Cass county filed an information charging defendant with transporting and giving away “hootch moonshine for beverage purposes,” and with having in his “possession certain intoxicating liquors, to-wit, about four pints, more or less, of hootch moonshine, commonly called ‘Home Brew’ and containing more than one-half of one per cent per volume of alcohol.” Afterwards the charge of transporting and giving away was dismissed. The records of the circuit court of Cass county show that on…