Self v. State

The appellant was convicted of the offense of unlawfully possessing for the purpose of sale spirituous, vinous, and malt liquor capable of producing intoxication, and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.

The appellant, together with a Mr. Sneed, rented a house from Burt Brown about a mile and a half from the town of Cross Plains on what is known as the Cottonwood road. The house is located on a 91-acre tract of land. No part of the land was rented to the appellant and his partner, Sneed. A short time afterwards officers raided the premises rented by appellant and found many pint…