Henderson v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for possessing equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor, punishment is one year in the penitentiary.

When the state placed officers upon the witness stand and proposed to prove by them what they found in appellant’s private residence as a result of a search, objection was interposed on the ground that the state had not shown that the officers had a valid search warrant. The District Attorney then asked the witness if they had a search warrant to which question the objection was made that the warrant was the best evidence. Upon further inquiry by the…