MORRISON v. STATE


263 S.W.2d 504 (1953)

MORRISON v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 11, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burkett C. McInturff and T. A. Dodson, Jr., Kingsport, for defendant.

Nat Tipton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PREWITT, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, with punishment fixed at a fine of $250 and thirty day jail sentence.

The officers went to the home of the defendant with a search warrant and in a trap door receptacle beneath the wardrobe of the defendant, they found eighteen pints of whiskey. She made no denial of the ownership of the whiskey at the time but remarked that she had been expecting a raid for some...

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