State v. Colson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

In this case defendant was charged with the possession of intoxicating liquor. He was convicted, and appeals.

Appellant was engaged in a card game with some friends in his place of business. Officers arrived for the purpose of arresting one of the friends. While they were making the arrest one of them saw a bottle of liquor in the lap of appellant. On being directed to do so, appellant handed the bottle to one of the officers. He claimed that the liquor did not belong to him, but was thrown into his lap by one of the friends when the officers…