Hall v. Commonwealth

SIMS, Chief Justice.

Robert Hall was convicted of having intoxicating liquor in his possession in local option territory for the purpose of sale and his punishment was fixed at a fine of $100 and confinement in the county jail for sixty days. On his motion for an appeal he assigns but one ground for reversal; his home was illegally invaded without a search warrant, hence his motion to exclude the evidence thus obtained was erroneously overruled.

The evidence for the Commonwealth is to the effect that Boyd Boggs, Sheriff of Laurel County, together with two of his deputies, concealed themselves…