Collins v. State

delivered tlie opinion of the Gonrt.

This appeal is from a conviction of possessing liquor, a fine of $200 and ninety days’ imprisonment. Three officers visited the residence of plaintiff in error armed with a search warrant and, finding no person on the premises, “pushed the kitchen door open” and entering found 64 pints of bottled in bond whisky in a closet opening from the dining room, which they seized. The proof developed that defendant Collins rented and occupied four or five of the rooms in this large frame house, described in the warrant and which the officers were instructed to…