State v. DeSpain

Browning, Judge:

This case is here upon certificate from the Circuit Court of Randolph County. On October 11, 1953, E. P. Phares, Mayor of the City of Elkins, in his capacity as justice of the peace, ex officio, upon complaint of J. R. Stalnaker that the latter “has cause to believe and does believe that alcoholic liquors * * * are being manufactured, sold * * in a certain described two story building in the City of Elkins occupied by the Elks Club “contrary to the laws of the State of West Virginia, and that the facts for such belief are possession of an affidavit alleging the sale of…