Faulk v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Walthall county. Hon. D. M. Millee, Judge. Ben Faulk was convicted of manufacturing intoxicating liquors, and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years, and he appeals.
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Appeal from circuit court of Walthall county. Hon. D. M. Millee, Judge. Ben Faulk was convicted of manufacturing intoxicating liquors, and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years, and he appeals. It is submitted that section 1749, Code of 1906, as amended by chapter 115, page 116, Laws 1908, is the sole warrant and authority, in vieiv of section 28, Constitution 1890, for the issuance of a search warrant in aid of the suppression of the crime of possessing, selling or manufacturing spirituous and intoxicating liquors. It is submitted further that the decisions of this court are in perfect…
1Opinion of the Court
Andekson, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court. '
Appellant, Ben Faulk, ivas indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Walthall county of manufacturing intoxicating liquors, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years, from which judgment he appeals to, this court.
The sheriff of Walthall county, with his deputies, searched appellant’s house without a search warrant and found a still and some whisky Avhich were by them seized, and on the trial introduced in evidence by the state over the objection of appellant.
Appellant insists that the still and whisky introduced in…
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