224 Mich. 137 | Mich. | 1923
Defendant reviews his conviction of
“dwelling house which is also used as a place of public resort and also where whisky and intoxicating liquors are unlawfully sold and kept and furnished and manufactured and not as a private dwelling house occupied as such.”
This was sufficient. People v. Hertz, 223 Mich. 170. The reasons given by the affiant for his belief that intoxicating liquor was concealed in the dwelling house are thus stated:
“On a day during the three days preceding the date of this affidavit the affiant personally observed a person whom he knows had no intoxicating liquor in his possession enter said premises and house and immediately return with liquor in his possession, the said liquor being whisky, the said person being sent into said house by affiant to purchase whisky.”
The facts stated were sufficient to justify the determination of the justice that there was probable cause. People v. Warner, 221 Mich. 657; People v. Czckay, 218 Mich. 660; People v. Flemming, 221 Mich. 609.
The information contained two counts, one for unlawfully having intoxicating liquor in possession and the other for unlawful manufacture.- The jury were instructed that in order to convict they must find that the defendant “had in his possession intoxicating liquor, unlawfully.” The charge as to manufacture was not submitted to them. The denial of a motion that the prosecutor elect between the two counts need
The conviction is affirmed. The trial court will proceed to sentence.