Scoggin v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale, punishment being assessed at eighteen months’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.. Appellant and Lev Baugh were jointly indicted. The prosecution against Baugh was dismissed upon motion of counsel for the state upon the ground that the evidence was insufficient to ■ convict Baugh.

At the time the officers, under a warrant, searched the residence of appellant neither he nor his wife was at home. Both were at the hospital where appellant was to furnish the blood for a transfusion to a relative. The case is…