Courtney v. State

The plaintiff in error, defendant below, has appealed from a conviction of possessing intoxicating liquors. The jury fixed his punishment at a fine of one hundred dollars, to which the trial judge added a jail sentence of sixty days.

There is little dispute as to the evidence. The sheriff, armed with a search warrant, went to the home of Courtney and before entering the house heard a noise as if glass was being broken. Upon being admitted, he found broken colored bottles, similar to whisky containers, and a pool of liquor on the floor. He also claimed to have found some whisky on adjoining…