State v. Keefe

Defendant, a real estate man, lived at a hotel in Rochester. Local police officers, having a search warrant, entered his room while he was in bed and made a search for intoxicating liquor. They found none. At the request of the officers defendant went with them to a near-by garage wherein he kept his car. The officers found in the car three one-gallon containers full of alcohol. Defendant denied his ownership thereof. This was early Monday morning. Defendant then claimed and testified in his trial that on the preceding Saturday he loaned the car to one Ben Smith, who took the car from and…