Strickland v. State

The whisky which forms the basis of this prosecution was found by the officers in the residence of defendant, one bottle full was in a closet in the dining room, and one half-gallon jar was in a'back room covered up. The defendant was not at the house when the officers came, but there were other facts and circumstances in evidence which, taken in connection with the above, were sufficient to go to the jury on the question of a guilty scienter on the part of the defendant, and differentiates this case from Ammons .v. State (Ala. App.) 101 So. 511. The affirmative charge was properly refused.

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