People v. Pericino

Defendants were convicted in the recorder’s court for the city of Detroit for having in their possession and transporting a certain quantity of intoxicating liquor. Defendants were apprehended at the corner of Josephine avenue and Brush street by police officers. Pericino was driving a truck which contained 85 gallons of white whisky. At the trial defendant Pericino testified in his own behalf. The substance of his testimony was that he was employed for a consideration of $15 to drive the truck from the intersection of Boston boulevard and Brush street to the intersection of Brush street and…