People v. Burt

Defendant was convicted of a violation of the prohibition law and reviews his conviction on exceptions before sentence. The intoxicating liquor introduced in evidence was secured in a search of defendant's home on a search warrant. Two questions are presented for review. Defendant's counsel insisted, and here insists, that it was incumbent on the people to prove on the trial in order to make out a case that defendant's home was either a place of public resort, or that it was used for the unlawful manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors and that unless one of these conditions was…