 A few months later , Chafin 's illegal activities led to his arrest . One of his deputies , Tennis Hatfield , was arrested for violation of the Volstead Act , and he implicated Chafin at his trial . Chafin was tried and convicted of violation of the Volstead Act at the federal courthouse in Huntington , West Virginia on October 14 , 1924 . He was given the maximum sentence of two years in prison , and ordered to pay a fine of $ 10 @,@ 000 . The judge in the case also took special precautions to protect the witnesses against Chafin , due to his potentially violent nature . Chafin appealed the verdict , but it was upheld in April 1925 , and he was sent to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta . He served part of his term before being paroled back to Logan County . While Chafin was in prison , he lost much of his influence in Logan County , and his political opponents took power . After his release from prison , Chafin moved to Charleston and retained some of his influence in the Democratic Party of West Virginia while lobbying for the coal industry . 
