State v. Salte

Defendant was charged with the offense of having intoxicating liquor in his possession in a public place. He was the owner of an automobile which he customarily kept in a *538certain public garage. During the day in question, appellant had used the automobile to make a trip to a nearby town in the state of Minnesota, and, returning, drove the car into the public garage where he habitually kept it, and left it (here. Within an hour or less, officers searched the car and found a full bottle of intoxicating liquor, wrapped in a newspaper, in the tool compartment of the car under the seat. Defendant…