Christensen

This ease comes before us upon a writ of error to review a judgment of conviction of conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. § 1013834 et seq.).

The indictment charges that the defendants were qualified and aeting prohibition officers of the state of Oregon, and conspired and agreed among themselves that they would apprehend persons found violating said act, and, instead of detaining them and preferring charges against them, would demand and receive money from them, and would seize for their own use any intoxicating liquor illegally possessed by such persons, and would free and release and give immunity to such persons ; further, that the defendants would connive and negotiate with persons engaged in the illegal manufacture of intoxicating liquor, and would promise and agree not to ar-' *30 rest them, provided and in the event such persons paid to defendants certain sums of money for protection and freedom from arrest, and that they •would undertake to warn such persons of any impending raid or arrest which might threaten them, to the end that such persons would be enabled to carry on their unlawful enterprise. *

There is no claim that the evidence is…