Cope v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Operating under a search warrant, officers went to a filling station for the purpose of making a search for intoxicating liquor. As they entered the building, appellant came out of the door with two half-gallon fruit jars full of whisky. The officers also found a half pint of whisky in a back room of the house. Appellant offered no testimony.

The court charged the statute making possession of more than a quart of intoxicating liquor prima facie…