Duncan v. State

RICE, Judge.

Appellant, a man shown to bear a good reputation, was convicted of the offense of unlawfully being in possession of whiskey.

While the testimony is in a somewhat confused condition, it is conceded by the State that “the building in which the grist mill was located consisted of three rooms, two of which were used for the actual operation of the grist mill, and the third, or back room was used for storing tools, shucks, meal,, cobs, etc.”

And that “it was in this back room of the mill that they (the officers of the law) found approximately one-half gallon of whiskey and eight or ten…