Bickerstaff v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was convicted on the 8th day of June, 1939, in the County Court of Cherokee County upon a charge of violating the local option law. The prosecution was by complaint and information, and the trial was by a jury which returned its verdict finding the appellant guilty and assessing a fine of $500.00.

Leon Halbert, a deputy sheriff, testified -that he knew the appellant and that he operated the place known as Paradise Inn, which included a dance hall, sleeping quarters, and tourist quarters; that he, in company with the sheriff and another, armed with a search warrant,…