Sloane v. United States

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

George Sloane was tried, convicted and sentenced on three counts of an indictment. The first count charged unlawful possession of whiskey, the second unlawful, possession of a still, and the third unlawful manufacture of whiskey at 30th and High streets, Okla^ homa City, Oklahoma, on or about July 14, 1929.

A Mr. DeMonbrum advised L. C. White-neck, a federal prohibition agent, that a man had reported to him a still was being operated near 30th and High streets. White-neck telephoned such information to W. I. Eads, a deputy sheriff of Oklahoma county. Eads stated that he…