Martin v. State

The appellant was charged with complicity in the sale of beer in Calhoun County, where the sale thereof has been legally outlawed. He operates a cafe in Calhoun City in a building fronting on the courthouse square, and in the front room of which the customers of the restaurant are served. From this room, there is an opening into a back room but where there is no door. On different occasions prior to the alleged sale of the beer here complained of, the nightwatchman, a police officer, visited the front room of the place of business, which was a public place where he had a right to be, and was…