Brown v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge. —

The offense is possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

On the 7th day of April, 1933, officers discovered some whisky buried in a pasture belonging to Mrs. Fulton Brown. They remained near the whisky until night in an effort to apprehend the owner. About nine p. m., appellant drove to the place in an automobile, and, going to the point in the pasture where the whisky was buried, proceeded to dig up a half-gallon fruit jar filled with whisky. After taking this jar into his possession, appellant…