Lea Et Ux. v. State

The residence of plaintiffs in error was raided by officers armed with a search warrant and a quantity of whiskey in pint bottles was there found concealed under the floor of one of the rooms. The defendants did not testify and offered no explanation of these convincing facts. They were both convicted of possessing intoxicating liquors and given jail sentences of thirty days and a joint fine of $100.

• On this appeal, the admission of the testimony of the officers is assigned as error on the ground that their information was obtained by an illegal search, that the search warrant under…