Allen v. State

The defendant was convicted of violating the prohibition laws, and appeals.

The evidence for the state was that three officers searched defendant’s premises some time in the afternoon, while he was away from home, and “found three Coco-Cola bottles full of whisky in the coalhouse — two in the coal pile, and one in a basket or box— the coalhouse being unlocked at the time.” The defendant denied any knowledge of, or ownership in, the whisky.

There is no necessity for our citing a lot of decisions or indulging in a long discussion of this evidence. It was not sufficient to overcome the presumption…