Holmes v. State

The appellant, T. Bell Holmes, was indicted by the grand jury of Leflore county, on a charge of unlawfully having in his possession and under his control more than one quart of intoxicating liquor. He was tried and convicted of this offense, and sentenced to pay a fine of two hundred fifty dollars and to serve a term of ninety days in jail, from which conviction he has appealed to 'this court.

The sheriff and his deputy testified, in substance, that they received information from Mr. Cooper, the manager of the Holly Grove plantation, and from Dr. Kelly, that whisky was stored in a cotton house…