Williamson v. State

Appellant was indicted for the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors. The testimony shows that, under authority of a search warrant, there was found in appellant’s home in a locked trunk thirty-three half-pints of whisky and sixteen pints of wine. This evidence ere ated for the State a prima facie ease as against appellant, for he is, in legal contemplation, the responsible head of the house and in control of the premises. Wylie v. State, 151 Miss. 897, 119 So. 825; Garland v. State, 165 Miss. 136, 146 So. 637. And where intoxicating liquor is found on the premises of which the…