White v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Possessing intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale is the offense, punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Acting under a search warrant, officers searched the premises of the appellant. The search resulted in the discovery of a half gallon of whiskey buried in what the officers described as a stable, or stall, which was back of the appellant’s store. There was also an empty keg with the odor of whiskey.

Appellant introduced the testimony of his wife presenting the theory that the whiskey may have belonged to another person. The state…