Lawson v. State

Beecher Lawson, referred to herein as the defendant, has appealed to this court from a conviction for possessing whisky, his punishment being fixed at a fine of $500 and a jail sentence of sixty days.

Defendant operates the Blue Circle Inn in Bradley County. On November 18, 1939, a deputy sheriff of said county procured a warrant to search said place, the specific direction contained therein being as follows: “you are hereby commanded in the name of the State to make immediate search for intoxicating liquors by day or night of the person of said defendant and of the house or building on the…