Williams v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Clay

Reversing.

Beverley Williams, who had previously been convicted of a violation of the Prohibition Act (Laws 1922, c. 33), was convicted of possessing intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed at one year’s imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The facts are these: The sheriff of Mercer county, accompanied by some deputies and a federal prohibition officer, who had a warrant authorizing him to search the home of John Williams, appellant’s father, went to the home of John Williams, and, after a search lasting several minutes, discovered in the yard…