Mickle v. State

RICE, Judge.

Briefly the case is this: Law enforcement officers found twenty-five gallons of whiskey in a wood house, buried in the ground, on the premises of one Elbert Thornton, who testified for the State that he had rented the wood house to the appellant (defendant), who did not reside on the property, but across the street from the residence of the witness.

Thornton further testified that he had seen the defendant (appellant) go back and forth to the wood house on several occasions ; and that at the time he rented the wood house to the appellant there was no lock on the door, but…