Eads v. State

Mat Eads was convicted of possessing alcoholic liquors. The evidence shows that about half a pint of liquor was found in his barn; that it “was right under the front-door sill of the barn;” that the barn was not locked; that it had a hall running through it. A witness (the sheriff) swore that when he got there the accused “was coming from toward that barn toward his house. . . I think he came on to the house and went to bed. I believe he said he was sick at the time. . . I remember the doctor being there at the time we were there.” The defendant stated that he did not know anything about the…