Henson v. State

The evidence for the state tends to show that the officers raided the home of this defendant and found defendant in his room on the bed, and a pint bottle, containing about, a spoonful of whisky, sitting on the floor of defendant’s room near the door. How the officers knew this teaspoonful of liquid in the bottle was whisky does not appear. Defendant admits having had possession of the bottle, but claims it was given to him as an empty bottle, and he brought it home and set it on the floor where the officers found it. About 200 yards from defendant’s house and in his pasture the officers…