McCoy v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense, the unlawful possession of liquor for the purpose of sale; penalty, one year in the penitentiary.

An officer crept up to appellant’s house in the night-time and heard a recent arrival call for whiskey to which appellant replied he would have to go get it. Appellant left the premises and in a few minutes returned with a pint of whiskey. He had or was about to deliver the whiskey when he was arrested. Search of appellant revealed a small funnel in his pocket which smelled of whiskey. A jug presumably containing whiskey seems also to have been secured on this trip but the…