State v. Beeson

The defendant was convicted of tbe crime of selling intoxicating liquor and has appealed from tbe sentence imposed upon him. In bis brief tbe defendant sets forth five assignments of error and these will be considered in tbe order appearing in tbe bill of exceptions.

It appears from tbe testimony that L. K. Thompson and A. G. Davis were employed on March 30, 1922, by tbe district attorney and the sheriff of Gilliam County, Oregon, to procure evidence against persons engaged in tbe violation of the prohibition law within that county, for which they were to be paid their expenses and…