People v. Harter

The defendants, Clarence Harter and Anna Pangborn, were jointly tried and convicted by a jury of having unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor and of keeping a place where such liquors were unlawfully possessed, stored, etc. Each reviews by writ of error.

The intoxicating liquor, consisting of 24 pints of moonshine whisky, upwards of 300' pint bottles of beer and a quantity in process of making, was found by the officers in a house located at 528 Water street, Jackson, Michigan. A careful reading of the record convinces us that the undisputed proof shows this place was rented by the…