Knudson 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.

Operating under a search warrant, officers went to appellant’s residence and discovered therein some crocks containing eleven gallons of liquid, which they called beer. The opinion that the liquid was beer was based alone upon smelling the contents of the crocks. The liquid was not tasted by any of the officers. They poured it out at the time the search was made. The officers testified that they did not know whether it was *197intoxicating or…