Campbell v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Cleveland county of having the unlawful possession of whisky, and was sentenced to‘pay a fine of $50 and to serve 30 days in the county jail.

It is argued that the court erred in admitting the whisky found as evidence for the reason that it was not sufficiently identified. Section 7016, Comp. Stat. 1921, provides that liquors seized under search warrant shall he preserved for use as evidence, and officers seizing liquor are required to mark the bottles or containers for identification. This provision was…