Graham v. State

The defendant, Edward Marion Graham, was charged with being in unlawful possession of 48-1/3 pints, 12 quarts, and 12-4/5 quarts of whisky. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 60 days at hard labor in the county jail and assessed a fine of $200. and costs.

There are several assignments of error, the first of which is that the court erred in not sustaining the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence. This proposition is based upon the contention that the search was unlawful, as it was not made with a search warrant nor incident to a lawful arrest. The facts and evidence in relation…