Elmore v. State

The findings of fact by the Court of Appeals disclose that the law enforcement officers had found a jug of whisky concealed in the cornfield near the residence in which the defendant, a young man, resided with his mother. Without question the circumstances pointed to one or both parties as the possessor or possessors of the prohibited liquor. The officer asked each of them if it was his or her liquor. Each denied its ownership. The officer then informed them that a case would have to be made against both. Mother and son then had a private conference, after which the son informed the officers…