Leggett v. State

Pursuant to the authority of a valid search warrant, the officers made a lawful search of the premises of the appellant’s father for intoxicating liquors, and it was shown that the appellant also resided there. They found near the residence sixteen pints of whisky in a large milk can setting on the inside of the field in such proximity to the fence that it could be reached by a person with his hand from the outside. Immediately prior to obtaining the search warrant one of the officers had watched the appellant, from some vantage point on the public highway, going to and from the place where…