Langham v. State

J. B. Langham, plaintiff in error, here referred to as the defendant, was on the 5th day of December, 1921, by verdict of a jury found guilty of having illegal possession of intoxicating liquor on or about the 11th day of June, 1921. The court, in rendering judgment on the verdict, assessed defendant’s punishment at a fine of $200 and 60 days’ imprisonment in the county jail.

The testimony in this case is brief, all contained in 10 typewritten pages in the record. The testimony of two officers shows that they found three quarts of Holland gin and a small quantity of other liquor hidden in…