Coe v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the unlawful possession of illicit liquor and fined the sum of $300.00. ,

The gist of the offense charged is that he possessed certain whisky upon which no stamp was affixed showing the payment of a tax due the State of Texas.

An agent of the State Liquor Control Board, together with another, filed an affidavit requesting the issuance of a warrant to search “the premises of Edward C. Coe,” alleging that they believed the same to be a place where, among other things, they had been “reliably informed that illicit beverages were being kept, stored,…