State v. Buoy

The defendant was charged in a Justice’s Court in Douglas County with the crime of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor. Convicted in that court, he appealed to the Circuit Court where a like result ensued. His sole assignment of error is that

“The court erred in overruling the motion of the defendant for a directed verdict.”

A résumé of the testimony therefore becomes necessary. In effect, the evidence discloses this state of affairs : The defendant was a brakeman in the employ of a railroad company running trains between Roseburg in Douglas County and Ashland in Jackson County. On…