State Ex Rel. Seeburger v. Pickett

The property in controversy here, designated in the record as 610 High Street, Des Moines, Iowa, was owned by the Central Realty Company. One Pickett had a lease- on the same for restaurant purposes. A search by ®e °ffi°ers 011 the 20th day of April, 1925, resulted in their finding about five ounces of alcohol in an individual teapot on a shelf in the kitchen. On the 21st day of April following, the petition herein was filed.

Evidence is introduced in the case tending to show that the liquor thus seized was not the property of Pickett, the tenant, but belonged to one John Andrews, who was in…