Dail v. Price

The appeal in this case is from the denial of a petition filed by the appellant on April 21, 1944, in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County (No. 3 Miscellaneous Petition Docket April Term, 1944) praying the return of alcoholic beverages consisting of some 224 pints of whiskey, gin and wine, seized by the appellee on April 24, 1943, under a search warrant issued by a trial magistrate at the instance of the State’s Attorney. On April 26, 1943, the appellant was indicted by the Grand Jury upon two counts, the first charging an unlawful sale of one-half pint of whiskey to one John Niblett,…