Hampton v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted of illegally possessing intoxicating liquor, and adjudged to pay a fine of $150 and to serve ninety days in the workhouse. After motion for a new trial, which was overruled, appeal was prayed and granted, and errors are assigned to the action of the trial judge in admitting the testimony of the officers who entered the residence of plaintiff in error and discovéred whisky. '

The constable who made the search testified that upon information that whisky had been recently transported to Hampton’s house he applied to a justice of the peace for a search warrant.…