Brown v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— Possessed of a search warrant, officers searched the dwelling of the appellant and his wife, and seized three half-gallon jars of whisky. The wife of the appellant, upon the arrival of the officers, poured some whisky from another half-gallon -jar. This testimony was not controverted, but its accuracy was verified by the testimony of both the appellant and his wife. The defense interposed was that the whisky was possessed for use for medicinal purposes by the appellant’s wife; that he purchased it and that she was using it for the purpose…