Whitlock v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale is the offense; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

Possessed of a search warrant to search the private dwelling of Mrs. Ida Prichard, located at 100 South 18th Street in the city of Paris, Lamar county, Texas, officers Biard, Collins, and Hargrove entered the residence occupied by Mrs. Prichard.

The testimony of one of the officers was to the effect that upon entering the bathroom he saw the appellant, Whitlock, with a half gallon of whisky in his hand, stooping over the…