Burkes v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Kay county on a charge of having unlawful possession of 34 cases of beer, and his punishment fixed by the court at a fine of $150 and confinement in the county jail for a period of 90 days.

The defendant in his brief says that his chief contention is that the evidence of the state fails to disclose the alcoholic content of the liquid seized, and that the evidence of the state wholly fails to show that the contents of the bottles and cases found were capable of being used as a beverage. Dr. Richards,…