Abel v. State

In the circuit court, the appellant was found guilty of the criminal offenses of unlawfully possessing and unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquor. §4, ch. 48, Acts 1925, §2717 Burns 1926. On appeal, he has assigned as error that the court erred in overruling his motion for a new trial.

It is contended by appellant that the evidence of four witnesses for the state was procured by searching his premises by virtue of an invalid search warrant, and that their evidence was not competent. The affidavit for the search warrant was executed by a deputy sheriff, to whom the search warrant was…