Griffin v. State

Carlisle, Judge.

1. This was a prosecution under an accusation charging the defendant with the possession of non-tax-paid whisky. The sheriff testified that he made a raid on the defendant’s home and found a bottle of whisky about half full; that the bottle had no stamps on it and that it was moonshine whisky; that it was not the kind of whisky that is sold in “Government stores.” The defendant in his statement admitted that the whisky was in his house. There was no evidence that the house was not in the defendant’s exclusive possession and control, and since it was admitted that the whisky…