Tucker v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Lincoln county. Hon. D. M Miller, Judge. Tom Tucker ms convicted .of the unlawful making of intoxicating -.^uor, and he appeals. In behalf of appellant I invoke the Fourth Amendment and Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. In his behalf I invoke sections 23 and 26 of the Mississippi Constitution. In his behalf I invoke our own statute laws.
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Appeal from circuit court of Lincoln county. Hon. D. M Miller, Judge. Tom Tucker ms convicted .of the unlawful making of intoxicating -.^uor, and he appeals. In behalf of appellant I invoke the Fourth Amendment and Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. In his behalf I invoke sections 23 and 26 of the Mississippi Constitution. In his behalf I invoke our own statute laws. Amendment 4 of the United States Constitution reads as follows: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
The ■ appellant, Tucker, was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Lincoln county of the unlawful making of intoxicating liquor and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.
• The entire evidence on which the grand jury indicted the appellant, and upon which he was convicted, was obtained as the result of a search of one Farley, a constable of Lincoln county, and Calcóte, his assistant, of the home and premises of the appellant, where they found a still and a quantity of distilled whisky, which they seized. This search and…
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