Hathaway v. State

The Town of Nettleton is on the line between Lee and Monroe Counties, a part of the municipality being in each county. At the time here in question the mayor of the town, who by statute is ex officio a justice of the peace therein, was a resident of that part of the town which lies in Lee County, and was and had been for more than five years an elector of Lee County. An affidavit for a search warrant for intoxicating liquors, regular in form and contents, was made before the Mayor as ex officio justice of the peace for the search of the premises of appellant, located in Monroe County and…