Brown v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

— Possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale is the offense; punishment assessed at one year in the penitentiary.

*97The sheriff, Earl McWilliams, with other officers, under authority of a search warrant, searched the private residence of appellant and found three half-gallons of whisky in a side room of appellant’s house. When they drove up to the house for the purpose of searching it, the appellant and his wife were present in said house. They saw the appellant’s wife pour out some whisky from a half-gallon jar. They testified that they tasted and smelt the whisky…