Chronister v. State

Defendant ivas charged in the court of common pleas of Oklahoma county with the crime of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, to wit, six pints of tax-paid whisky, was tried before the court without the intervention of a jury, was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and to serve 30 days in the county jail, and has appealed.

This charge arises from a search by police officers of defendant’s premises and the finding' thereon of six pints of tax-paid liquor on the 11th day of October, 1938. Defendant filed a motion to suppress the evidence on the 20th day of November, 1939, and a…