State v. Hilliard

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fraser.

The appellant was tried and convicted of transporting and having in his possession alcoholic liquors. The appellant and his mother lived in a rented house in Anderson. It does not appear in the case who rented the house. It is stated in argument that appellant’s mother had leased the premises, but that is immaterial in this case. The sheriff searched the premises and found in the dwelling house a large number of empty one-gallon cans. There was a garage in the yard, close to the dwelling house. The garage was also searched, and…