Bates v. Commonwealth

STANLEY, Commissioner.

Lula Bates, of bad reputation, operated a soft drink place and restaurant on Indian Creek in Pike County know as the “Mickey Mouse.” She lived in the rear of the building with three of her five children. In a connecting three-room house lived Vida Maynard with her three children and an occasional gentleman friend, and Ruby Mullins and two of Mrs. Bates’ children. The sheriff and his deputies searched these premises under a warrant on a Saturday night in February, 1951, and found 61 cans of beer, 5 of which were in Lula’s personal refrigerator, and the remainder in the…