Reynolds v. State

The appellant was convicted of having a still in his possession and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years, under1 the provisions of chapter 211, Laws of 1922. The evidence upon which he was convicted was that of the sheriff and some deputies, who procured a search warrant to search the premises of the appellant from a justice of the peace who lived in another district from that which appellant lived in; the warrant being -returnable before the justice of the peace who issued it.' The officers went to the residence of the appellant, but did not find him there, and delivered a copy of the…