Case Name: LOFTIN v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1930-11-12
Citations: 33 S.W.2d 1071
Docket Number: No. 13690
Parties: LOFTIN v. STATE.
Judges: HAWKINS, J., absent.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 33
Pages: 1071–1072

Head Matter:
LOFTIN v. STATE.
No. 13690.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 12, 1930.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 7, 1931.
Johnson. & Millwee, of Colorado, Tex., for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davids on, State’s At ty., of Austin, for tbe State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, J.
Tbe offense is possession of intoxicating liquor for tbe purpose of sale; the punishment, confinement in "the penitentiary for three years.
Operating under a search warrant, an officer searched appellant's private residence and found therein a large quantity of whis-ky. Tbe state relied for a conviction upon tbe testimony of tbe officer touching tbe result of tbe search. Appellant offered no testimony.
Tbe two bills of exception found in tbe record relate to appellant's objection to tbe testimony touching tbe result of tbe search; the ground of objection being that tbe affidavit for tbe. search warrant failed to show that appellant's residence was a place where intoxicating liquor was sold or manufactured. An inspection of tbe affidavit discloses that affiants averred that they bad been informed •by reliable persons that appellant was selling intoxicating liquor, and that a reliable person bad stated to them that be bad purchased intoxicating liquor from appellant at tbe premises described in tbe affidavit. Tbe averment referred to sufficiently complies with tbe demands of article 691, P. C. Antner v. State (Tex. Cr. App;) 25 S.W.(2d) 860.
Tbe judgment is affirmed.
PER CURIAM.
Tbe foregoing opinion of tbe Commission of Appeals has been examined by tbe judges of tbe Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by tbe court.
HAWKINS, J., absent.