Buchannan v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Possession of potable liquor containing in excess of one per cent of alcohol by volume is the offense; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year and six months.

The residence of the appellant was searched and a quantity of home-brew beer was found by the officers. Contending that the search warrant was invalid, the testimony of the officers showing the result of the search was opposed by the appellant. It appears from the bill of exceptions that when the search warrant was issued and delivered to the sheriff it was incomplete and was altered by…