Morris v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Clay

Reversing.

Ed Morris was convicted of possessing intoxicating liquor, and has prayed an appeal.

The officers, who entered his premises under a search warrant, found a jar in the kitchen sink, and also a towel saturated with liquor. They further testified that the liquor smelled like moonshine whisky, and not like alcohol. On the other hand, Morris testified that he was suffering from eczema, and that the liquid in the jar was a preparation of alcohol, which he had obtained on a physician’s certificate for the purpose of bathing his feet.

The principal…