Smuk v. People

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted of the unlawful' possession of intoxicating liquors, and brings error.

A search warrant was issued, on affidavit, under which officers proceeded to the house of defendant, which was used as a boarding house, and there found a bottle of liquor, which defendant stated was whiskey kept for his own use. They found also a considerable quantity of what defendant said was “home-brew.”

A sample of this liquor, and the bottle said to contain whiskey were admitted in evidence, as was also testimony that defendant had designated them as above…