Alexander v. State

LATTIMORE, JUDGE.

Conviction for possessing intoxicating liquor for purposes of sale; punishment, one year in the penitentiary.

Having a search warrant in hand, apparently regular, officers searched appellant’s house on August 1, 1931, and found therein a quantity of intoxicating liquor. If admissible, the evidence was amply sufficient.

The jurat to the written affidavit upon which the search warrant was based, reads as follows:

“Sworn to and subscribed before me by J. S. Gholston and B. W. Reed, two credible persons, on this — day of — A.D. 192 — .

“D. P. Donavan, Justice of the Peace, Precinct…