Ellis v. State

The defendant, T. E. Ellis, was convicted in the criminal court of Atlanta of having, possessing, and controlling intoxicating liquor. A certiorari was sanctioned and upon the hearing thereof, overruled. Exception is taken to the overruling of the certiorari. “The evidence of the State’s witnesses was that after they had entered the restaurant of plaintiff in error, about nine o’clock at night, on a search warrant directed against ’John Doe,’ in which neither the name nor premises of plaintiff in error were described, and searched the premises and found 4-1/2 pints of whisky in the kitchen,…