People v. Everts

Respondent was charged with the offense of selling intoxicating liquor without having given the bond, as required by law. The testimony was furnished by two detectives, who had been promised a reward for the detection and conviction of persons engaged in the business in the village of Fenton. The respondent, among other requests, preferred the following:

“ The encouragement of criminals to induce them to commit crime, in order to get up a prosecution against them, is scandalous and reprehensible.”

All the other requests of respondent appear to have been given. The court did charge, at the…