Heusers

The defendant was convicted of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor in no-lieense territory in violation of the Wyllie law and prosecutes this appeal from the judgment of conviction and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

The principal witnesses against the defendant were two detectives who were in the employ of an organization known as the State Law and Enforcement League. They were operating in Glenn County, at the request of the sheriff and district attorney thereof, for the purpose of securing evidence of violations of law. One of the detectives sought to purchase liquor from the defendant at a point on one of the streets and the defendant agreed to furnish the same. Thereupon the detective paid the defendant the price of the liquor to be furnished and it was agreed that the liquor would be delivered on the opposite side of the street. The defendant then left and the other detective shadowed him until the liquor was delivered at the appointed place. The defendant went directly to his home, where he remained from twenty to thirty minutes, and thence to the appointed meeting place and delivered the liquor. Both detectives testified as to the fact of delivery. An…