Posey v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

The appellant stands convicted of possessing prohibited alcoholic beverages. Trial was by the court without a jury.

The evidence presented by the state tends to show that the defendant operated a cafe called the Knotty Pine, in Colbert County, Alabama. In a search of defendant’s premises law enforcement officers found several pints of bourbon and vodka forty steps from the west side of the building and one pint of whiskey ten feet from a barbecue pit. The defendant testified his property line on the west side was 43 feet from the building and stated the barbecue pit *519was…