Childs v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, ivas convicted in the county court of Caddo county on a charge of having possession of four pints of whisky, and his punishment fixed at a fine of 8100 and confinement in the county jail for sixty days.

The evidence of the state is that the sheriff and one of his deputies with a search warrant searched the room of defendant and found a pint of whisky on the dresser and three pints of whisky under the floor. A board had been sawed in such a manner that a short piece of floor could be lifted out, and three pints of whisky were concealed in…