Jones v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Tillman county of the offense of maintaining a public whisky nui sanee, and bis punishment fixed by the jury at a fine of $250 and inprisonment in the county jail for a period of 90 days.

The evidence of the state was that the sheriff of Tillman county, accompanied by one of his deputies, having a search warrant, went to the premises of defendant; that when driving up in front of defendant’s home, defendant stepped out on the front porch with a carton of fruit jars in .his hand; that when he saw the officers…