Beam v. State

PRICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of possessing prohibited liquors. Section 98, Title 29, Code of Alabama 1940.

The evidence presented by the state tends to show that on January 12, 1960, the Sheriff of Marshall County and two of his deputies, armed with a search warrant, went to the home of the defendant. One of the deputies went to the front door. The sheriff and the other deputy went to the back door. When the sheriff appeared the defendant, his family and some friends were sitting at a table in the kitchen.

The defendant saw the sheriff through the kitchen window and he ran to the…