Brown v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for possessing intoxicating liquor for purposes of sale; punishment, one year in the penitentiary.

Officers, armed with a search warrant, went to a house in which were found appellant, Bill McBride and Modelle Lawson. Officer Sam Smith preceded the others. He seems to have gone into several rooms of the house by himself before the other officers reached the scene. He testified that Modelle Lawson was lying upon a bed in a north room of the house, and that about the time the other officers appeared “They made a dive at the whisky to break it or cover it up.” Three…