Enger v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense, the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; penalty, two years in the penitentiary.

Officers searching the residence of appellant found therein about a pint of whiskey in a half gallon jar and something like a spoonful in each of about a dozen other jars. Another witness testified to appellant having taken him to the woods about this same time and giving him a drink out of a jar. It was shown defensively that the whiskey found by the officers was possessed for medicinal purposes by appellant.

The offense is alleged in the indictment and shown…