Weaver v. State

The defendant, Ervin Weaver, was charged in the county court of Comanche county with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve 90 days in the county jail and pay a fine of $500 and costs and has appealed.

The testimony of the state was that certain officers of Comanche county, armed with a search warrant, made a search of a room in the Mayflower Hotel and found 12 half pint bottles of whisky. That the defendant Weaver was in the room at the time it was searched.

The evidence of defendant was that the rooms in question were occupied by one Willis…