State v. Watson

WHITE, P. J. —

By information filed in the Circuit Court of Dunklin County the defendant was charged with feloniously transporting moonshine whiskey. On a trial December 10, 1929, he was found guilty, his punishment was assessed at three years in the penitentiary, and he appealed.

The principal error assigned is to the action of the trial court in overruling defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence on the ground that it was discovered by an unlawful search.

The State’s case was made out upon the evidence of Donaldson, Sheriff of Dunklin County, and his deputy, Finney.

July 29, 1929, the…