Ledbetter v. State

Ernest Ledbetter, the defendant in error, was convicted of the offense of possessing intoxicating liquor, on a separate indictment. The evidence for the State in part shows that Kenyon Pierce was running a lunch room and drink stand just outside of the city of Rome; that the officers went, upon information,. to raid this place; that on approaching Pierce’s place (the lunch room), Ledbetter was seen to run into the place, and the officers followed him in quick pursuit; that Ledbetter was seen to *561hand to Pierce some bottles of whisky, and Pierce handed them to Beard through a little window into…