State v. Davis

Mr. J ustick Prewitt

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The above cases were consolidated for the purpose of argument and decision. They are before the Court on appeal by the State on the technical record of each case. The defendants in error were indicted in the criminal court of Maury County for receiving and possessing whiskey in violation of the statutes. The defendants in error moved to quash the indictments on the grounds (1) that the affidavits upon which the search warrants were issued stated that the affiant received the information from a citizen of Maury County, when, in fact, it…