263 P. 1055 | Kan. | 1928
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The defendant was convicted of the offense of persistent violation of the prohibitory law. It was alleged and shown that prior to this prosecution defendant had been duly convicted of a penal infraction of the prohibitory liquor law; and this second offense charged against him was that of having unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors.
Defendant’s appeal is based on his contention that there was no evidence to support the verdict and judgment. What evidence there was against defendant was largely circumstantial. However, he did tell the sheriff that when he came from Topeka to his mother’s farm home in Jackson county, one Linscomb accompanied him part way. The sheriff said, “Well, did you have some booze?” Defendant answered, “Yes, I let him [Linscomb] out at Hoyt,” which was a village not far away. When the sheriff started to enter the farm house, defendant asked him if he had a warrant for the house, and repeatedly warned the sheriff that he would better not go into the house without a search warrant. The sheriff entered the house and found a jug of liquor in the middle of the floor in the front room, and two empty jugs and a funnel in the middle of an adjacent bedroom. Then the sheriff stepped outside to see where defendant was, and found that he had fled. Defendant’s footsteps were traced
The judgment is affirmed.