McLaughlin v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for possessing intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale. The punishment is two years in the penitentiary.

The search of appellant’s house was made under a warrant predicated upon an affidavit based solely upon the “belief” of affiants, there being no statement in the affidavit of the facts or information upon which such belief was founded. Such being the case objection should have been sustained when the state offered to prove the result of the search. Chapin v. State, 107 Tex. Crim. Rep. 477, 296 S. W. 1095; Sutton v. State, 300 S. W. 639, in which are collated…