SHELTON v. STATE


230 S.W.2d 986 (1950)

SHELTON v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 9, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kilgo & Armstrong, Greeneville, for plaintiff in error.

J. Malcolm Shull, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.


GAILOR, Justice.

Defendant appeals from conviction of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, a fine of $250 and jail sentence of 90 days for the offense. The only assignment of error made to support the appeal is that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction.

The pertinent facts are these: Armed with a search warrant, officers of Greene County went to the house where defendant lives with his wife. There is no evidence of the legal ownership...

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