Carroll v. State

The plaintiff in error, Carroll, was indicted, tried and convicted of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors, with the punishment fixed at a fine of $250 and a four months jail sentence, from which this appeal comes.

We find in the brief of the State a very full, fair and succinct statement of the factual situation as follows:

‘ ‘ The plaintiff in error operates some type of business near Kingsport, the exact nature thereof being left to conjecture under this record. On Christmas Eve, 1948, several officers armed with a search warrant which was defective under the authority of…