Keith v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

An officer observed appellant stop his automobile in front of a drug store. On searching the car he found therein about ten gallons of liquor.

Appellant contends that the proof on the part of the state failed to show that the liquor was intoxicating. On this point the officer testified as follows: “Of the whisky we found in the defendant’s car, about three ounces were in a bottle in the pocket of the door and the three cases containing the…