Slate v. State

George Bose Smith, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of having possessed untaxed intoxicating liquor and was sentenced to the minimum fine of fifty dollars. Ark. Stats. 1947, § 48-934. For reversal he contends that there is no substantial evidence to support the verdict.

On August 31, 1952, a deputy sheriff and two State policemen, acting upon an anonymous telephone call, obtained a search warrant and went to Slate’s home. In the house they found neither any intoxicants nor any malt, malt cans, or other ingredients' used in the making’ of home-brew. Some sixty or seventy feet behind the…