WORDEN v. STATE


273 S.W.2d 139 (1954)

Lynn WORDEN and Bob Barnett v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 16, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B.B. Snipes, Johnson City, H. Dennis Erwin, Erwin, for plaintiffs in error.

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


NEIL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction under a two count indictment charging (1) the possession of whiskey for the purpose of sale, and (2) possessing whiskey. The punishment, fixed by the jury and approved by the trial court, was a fine of $500 and six months' imprisonment.

The evidence upon which the defendants were convicted was the discovery of 37 half-pints of whiskey in Room 11 of the Savoy...

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