Eaton v. State

ALMON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury for transporting prohibited liquors in quantities of five gallons or more in violation of Tit. 29, § 187, Code of Alabama, 1940. His sentence was three years in the penitentiary.

Before trial appellant filed a motion to suppress five gallons of “moonshine” whiskey, alleging that it was seized as a result of an illegal search. The trial judge heard testimony on the motion to suppress and ruled the search legal.

The evidence tended to show that on October 1, 1966, Agent Lamar Hadden and Supervisor A. B. Hudson, both employed by the Alcoholic Beverage…