Ratliff v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor is the offense; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

In the indictment there were two counts; one for the possession; the other for transporting intoxicating liquor. The latter count was abandoned and not submitted to the jury.

With his consent the appellant’s automobile was searched and found to contain several bottles of whisky. The appellant, in his testimony, admitted the possession of the whisky and defended: first, upon the ground that the use of whisky for medicinal purposes…