State v. Kramer

The plaintiff, state of South Dakota, informed against defendant, Maurice Kramer, on a charge of having violated the intoxicating liquor laws of the state of South Dakota. In May of 1923, the sheriff of Brookings county, this state, with a search warrant for intoxicating liquors, visited ihe home of defendant and searched the premises for' liquor. The sheriff was accompanied by a deputy sheriff and a prohibition officer. Two kegs of liquor were located in the basement (Exhibits x and 2). Each keg was about half full, one analyzing 10.6 per cent alcohol by volume and the other 12.3 per cent.…