Curtis v. State

The defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Itawamba County, Mississippi for possessing three-fourths of a half pint of liquor, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and to serve 90 days in jail, 60 days of which was held up by the court.

The regular and usual affidavit for a search warrant was signed by the sheriff of the county at the courthouse in the Fifth Supervisors District before Ed Graham, a Justice of the Peace of the First Supervisors District of Itawamba County, Mississippi. The affidavit and search warrant were issued against the defendant, who lived in the Third…