Eva v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Lake Criminal Court entered on June 29, 1931,. in a proceeding, by affidavit, brought by appellee under the provisions of §§2717 and 2740 Burns 1926, in which appellant was found guilty of two offenses, to wit, (1) unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and (2) maintaining a nuisance.

On the day set for trial, appellant filed a petition to suppress and reject certain evidence which had been obtained by a search of appellant’s premises by virtue of a search warrant. Appellee filed an answer in general denial to appellant’s petition to suppress, and…