State v. Doebele

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The appellant, who holds the office of mayor of the town of Hanover, was convicted of the offense of unlawfully having in his possession intoxicating liquor. His sole contention is that the evidence is insufficient to establish the fact of possession. .

The state’s evidence was to this effect:

On August 9, 1919, William Doebele and his brother, Edward, were together in Kansas City, Mo., leaving there in the evening on a train for St. Joseph, Mo., where they waited together an hour and a half for a train to Hanover. Edward had eleven quarts of…