Lance v. State

RICE, Judge.

Two officers of the law, in due possession of a proper search warrant, searched appellant’s home on a Sunday night in May, 1936. .They found under his kitchen floor — by means of raising a loose plank in same — some two gallons and three quarts of whiskey.

Standing alone, this fact would not, we believe, have been sufficient upon -which to base his conviction of the crime of unlawfully being in possession of prohibited liquor. ' ,

' But the State’s testimony was to the effect that appellant, while being cordial and co-operative during the progress of the search, up to a certain…