Gibbs v. State

This defendant was convicted on an accusation charging him with the possession of more than one quart of tax-paid whisky in a “dry” county. His motion for new trial was overruled and he excepted.

The evidence for the State in substance showed that the sheriff went to the house of the defendant and found five pints of tax-paid liquor on a cabinet in the kitchen. The defendant and his wife were present. The sheriff inquired if any of the whisky belonged to the wife. She replied that some of it did. The defendant made a statement in which he claimed that one pint of the whisky belonged to his…