Davis v. State

HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

This appellant by separate complaints was charged with operating and maintaining an unlawful drinking place, and with illegal possession of prohibited alcoholic beverages.

The two complaints arose from the same transaction, and in the proceedings below the two cases by agreement were consolidated for trial, though separate judgments were properly entered.

In view of the consolidation below and the identical evidence in each case, we have consolidated our review.

The evidence by the State tends to show that as Mr. Hoyt Coupland, Deputy Sheriff of St. Clair County, and Mr.…