State v. Young

On November 6, 1926, the grand jury of Wallowa County returned an indictment into the Circuit Court against the defendant, the charging part of which reads thus:

“The said Russell Young on the 1st day of October, 1926, in the county of Wallowa and State of Oregon then and there being, did then and there wilfully and unlawfully have in his possession a quantity of intoxicating liquor contrary to the statutes in such cases * * .”

It was signed by the district attorney and indorsed “A true bill” by the foreman of the grand jury. After arraignment, the defendant by his counsel filed what he styled…