Paoli (IN) Republican, December 26, 1923, p. 5.
The trial of Milton Briles, one of the men arrested on the morning of
November 27 with a specially prepared Studebaker car loaded down with about
90 gallons of real liquor, some of it genuine Scotch whiskey, was called
Friday and most of the forenoon was taken up in securing a jury. The
examination of the witnesses began in the afternoon and the case was
submitted to the jury Saturday morning. After deliberating several hours,
the jury returned a verdict of guilty of the charge of transporting liquor
and fixed his fine at $500. The jury having found that the defendant was
guilty as charged, Judge Tucker then, as the law directs, sentenced the
defendant to the state prison at Michigan City for a term of not less than
one nor more than two years. Most persons who heard the trial say that it
was a plain case with no possible defense and the jury could not have done
otherwise than find him guilty. The defendant declined the opportunity to
go on the witness stand and testify in his own behalf. The case against
Overbeck, who was arrested at the same time, was continued until the
February term of court and set for trial February 18.