Phipps v. State

On an information charging that he did have in his possession “one and one-half gallons of whisky with the willful and unlawful intent to sell the same,” E. A. Phipps was convicted, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the county jail for 60 days and a fine of $200. He has appealed from the judgment rendered upon such conviction.

The evidence shows that Mat Sankey, sheriff, and B.' Arthur Wilson, deputy, went to the farm of plaintiff in error, nine miles east of Rush Springs, in Grady county, for the purpose of searching his premises for intoxicating liquors.

The officers found the wife…