Stansbury v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is possession of whisky for the purpose of sale; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Operating under a search warrant, officers went to appellant’s home and found therein twenty-seven pints and half-pints of whisky and a large quantity of beer. One of the officers testified: “All of that whisky had the government seal on it.” Appellant stated to one of the officers that he had a federal license. The officer observed in the place a license of some character, but was unable to state its nature. The raid occurred on the 5th of July, 1934. On…