Minton v. State

Defendant, Rhoda Minton, has appealed to this Court from a conviction for possessing intoxicating liquor, the jury imposing a fine of $100, to which the Trial Judge added a jail sentence of sixty days.

Defendant was the owner of a combination dance hall and residence on Highway 22-W in Campbell County. This place seems to have been a two-story building, the lower floor being used for the dance hall and the upstairs used for residential purposes. On the night in question the Sheriff and six deputies, armed with a search warrant, went to defendant’s premises to search for intoxicating liquor.…