Stephenson v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a fine of $200.00 assessed by a jury on a charge of possessing seven pints and three half pints of rum for sale in a dry area.

Officers procured a search warrant and went to the apartment presumably occupied by appellant for the purpose of searching it. They found the premises locked but the appellant appeared on the scene while the officers were endeavoring to gain entrance and furnished a key to unlock it. They found in the apartment the liquor which they exhibited to the appellant and secured his admission that it belonged to him. Upon the trial of the…