Cayton v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of wine for the purpose of sale in a dry area; the punishment, 90 days in jail and a fine of $200.00.

Deputy Sheriff Locklin testified that on the night in question he, in company with other officers, arrived at a certain house on the north side of a country road two miles east of Forney; that he called the appellant out on the porch and asked him if he lived there, and the appellant replied that he did. Locklin did not testify that he searched the appellant’s house or any outbuilding but did state that he followed a trail 50 or 60 yards out in a…