Champion v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Carter county on a charge of having possession of intoxicating liquor with intent to barter, sell, give away, and otherwise furnish to others, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and costs, and to be imprisoned in the county jail for 60 days. The defendant moved to suppress the evidence on the ground that the affidavit and warrant were insufficient to authorize the search of defendant’s home.

The record discloses that, at tlie time charged, a deputy sheriff and some other officers procured a search…