Maki v. United States

HUNT, Circuit Judge.

Writ of error to review a conviction of John Maki for unlawful possession of whisky and maintenance of a nuisance in September, 1925, at Mullan, Idaho.

Prohibition agents testified that on the 16th of September, 1925, they went to a pool hall known as the Haparanta Bar in Mullan, Idaho; that defendant was not there; that Matt Maki was behind the bar, where, upon a search, they found a bottle of whisky and some glasses; that while the search was in progress John Maki, defendant; came to the front of the building; that the agents asked him if he could open the safe; that he…