Jones v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense, the unlawful possession for the purpose of sale of intoxicating liquor; penalty, one year.

The testimony of the officers showed that they went into a building occupied by appellant and there saw appellant and another sitting at a table with a bottle of whiskey before them. One of the officers testified:

“I will swear that that is a quart bottle of whiskey and a quart of whiskey * * *, It may be a short quart and it may be a long quart, I don’t know * * * I would not tell the jury which this is * * *. It might be either one.”

The Court charged the jury in part:

“Our law…