State v. Horton

The defendant was indicted by a grand jury in the Circuit Court of Chariton County, in two counts. The first count charged him with having unlawfully in his possession on the — day of ____, 1923, seven gallons of intoxicating liquor. The second count charged him with possession of a still for the use of manufacturing intoxicating liquor.

On a trial the jury found him guilty on both counts and assessed his punishment at $300, and imprisonment in the county jail 180 days, on each count.

Before the trial the defendant filed a motion to suppress the evidence of the sheriff and a Federal prohibition…