Chase v. United States

Bruce Chase was convicted on five counts of a criminal informa*848tion charging him with unlawfully and knowingly selling intoxicating liquor in violation of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138% et seq.). Only one of the errors assigned merits discussion. It pertains to the district attorney’s examination of the prosecuting witness upon whose affidavit the information was filed.

This witness stated on direct examination that he had never bought any whisky or intoxicating spirits from defendant, and did not “know of his own knowledge that Chase ever brought or delivered…