Shumpert v. State

From a conviction of possession of intoxicating liquor, appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The officers secured a search warrant to search a residence, which, according to the affidavit, was occupied by unknown persons. Upon making the search, the officers found a half pint of liquor under a pillow in one room and a small quantity of liquor on a table in the kitchen, the total amount of whiskey found on the premises being something over a half pint of moonshine whiskey. Appellant was not on the premises at the time the search was made. Truman Patton was in the house in a drunken condition at…