Lewis v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Chambliss
delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.
Appealing from a conviction of possessing liquor illegally, with a fine of $100 and jail sentence of thirty days, defendant below assigns errors challenging the validity of the warrant under which the search was made and, therefore, the right of the raiding officer to testify.
Highway patrol officers entered a road house known as the Ritz on the highway a short distance out of Clinton and found a number of bottles of whisky and glassware used in mixing and distributing drinks. Defendant Lewis told the officers that he was “the manager’'’ of the place, as his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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