Hays v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The conviction is for the unlawful possession of distilled liquors not contained in a container to which is affixed a stamp or other valid evidence showing the payment of taxes on such liquor due to the State; penalty assessed at confinement in the county jail for ten days and a fine of ten dollars.

Dunwoody, a deputy sheriff, testified that he went to the home of the appellant at Nugent, Texas, in company with the county attorney. Acting under a search warrant, they searched the premises, of the appellant during his absence. Upon lifting up a loose board in the floor…