Brown v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The conviction is for violation of the liquor laws with a fine of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars and ninety days in jail.

The charge is the possession of whiskey for sale in a dry area. The Sheriff of Young County and his deputy secured a search warrant and went to appellant’s place of business; a filling station on the highway near Olney, where they found a pint bottle of whisky with the seal unbroken and a four-fifths quart bottle out of which a small quantity had been taken. A witness for the State named McCombs was arrested by the Sheriff in the place and was charged with…