Jones v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted on a charge of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor and in accordance with the verdict of the jury was sentenced to confinement in the county jail for 30 days and to pay a fine of $300. He prosecutes this appeal for a reversal of the judgment on the ground that the court erred in admitting evidence that was illegally obtained without a search warrant, and that the verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence, and is contrary to law.

The state relied for this conviction upon the testimony of John Cable, deputy sheriff, admitted over the defendant’s…