Anderson v. Commonwealth

*641Opinion op the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors. The appellant, a colored man, is the owner of a hotel in Fulton, in which he resides.

Acting under a search warrant and warrant of arrest, the sheriff arrested him in. his hotel and upon a search found a basket containing fifteen one-half pint bottles of moonshine whiskey secreted in a closet in the hall. It is earnestly insisted that the court erred in admitting the evidence obtained by the search. It appears that on the 27th of August, 1924, the sheriff…