Poston v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Graves, Judge.
Appellant was charged by information with possessing intoxicating liquors in a container to which was not affixed a stamp showing the payment of taxes due thereon to the State of Texas. Upon his conviction he was awarded a penalty of sixty days’ confinement in the county jail and a fine of $100.00.
The facts briefly show that armed with a search warrant the sheriff and his deputies approached the home of appellant and his wife, and 'found the screen doors latched, and saw through the door appellant’s wife pouring some liquid out of two fruit jars into an ice box that contained…
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