Neal v. State

The plaintiff in error, Clyde Neal, hereinafter called the defendant, was convicted for the unlawful possession of a quantity of intoxicating whisky. His punishment was fixed at a fine of $100 and 90 days’ confinement in *494the workhouse of Overton County. The defendant has appealed and assigned several errors.

The assignments raise 3 questions: (1) that there is no competent evidence on which a verdict of guilt could have been predicated, because the testimony of the officers is based solely upon an invalid search warrant; (2) the evidence preponderates against the correctness of the verdict and…