Barton v. State

Clarence Barton, plaintiff in error, here referred to as the defendant, was by verdict of a jury rendered January 23, 1922, found guilty, of the illegal possession of certain whisky, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the county jail for a term of six months and a fine of $300. From the judgment on the verdict he appeals.

Certain peace officers, armed with a search warrant authorizing them to search a tract of unimproved land, where the officers had information they might find an illicit whisky still, went to this tract and found the defendant there, armed, in a deep canyon…