Mordecai v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for possessing whisky for the purpose of sale in local option territory, punishment being assessed at a fine of $100»

The State’s testimony came from two officers who discovered the facts related by them as the result of a search under a search warrant. Objection was interposed *415on the g-round that under our present law —the Texas Liquor Control Act (Vernon’s Ann.P.C. art. 666 — 1 et seq.) — no search warrant is authorized. The objection should have been sustained. The former law authorizing search warrants for liquor was specifically repealed by the Texas Liquor…