Widener v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of whiskey and wine for the purpose of sale in a dry area; the punishment, one hundred days in jail and a fine of $1,000.00.

A jury was waived, and the trial was before the court.

An inspector of the Texas Liquor Control Board and two deputy sheriffs, operating under a search warrant, searched a mule barn, which was stipulated to be appellant’s premises, and found a quantity of whiskey and wine concealed therein.

Appellant did not testify, but offered one Martin, who testified that the three bottles of wine and the three pints of whiskey found by the…