Hodge v. Sharpe

SIMS, Judge.

On February 21, 1953, Ledford North and William H. North, two taxicab drivers for appellant Hodge, were arrested by Elvin Patrick, Sheriff of Whitley County, on warrants issued by R. S. Kessinger, Judge pro tem. of the Whitley Quarterly Court, charging them with selling liquor in local option territory. The warrants were -issued upon the affidavits of two men employed by the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, stating the accused sold them whiskey from the cabs accused were operating. The judge issued an order impounding the cabs the two Norths were driving and directed the…