Wright v. State

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.

Billy Gray Wright, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County of the illegal possession of gambling devices, in violation of Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section 2192 (1956).

This case is controlled by the decision of the Court in Presley v. State, 229 So.2d 830, decided December 22, 1969. It was there held that an agent of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the State Tax Commission does not have the authority to serve a search warrant issued for the purpose of making a search for illegal gambling equipment. Introduction of the evidence in…