Banks v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Russell County; J. S. Williams, Judge. Mary Banks was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and she appeals. Certificate to the Supreme Court.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Russell County; J. S. Williams, Judge. Mary Banks was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and she appeals. Certificate to the Supreme Court. Under the provisions of the statute (Acts .1911, p. 449, § 1) approved April IS, 1911, the following questions are hereby submitted to the Supreme Court for determination: (1) Is evidence obtained by the unreasonable search of the dwelling house and appurtenant premises of a -citizen of this state admissible against such citizen on the trial, in a criminal prosecution growing out of such unreasonable search, when said…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
Mr. Freeman classifies the rules for the introduction of evidence into groups: (1) Those based upon the probative value of the evidentiary fact being considered ; (2) those designed to improve the quality of the proof dependent upon such fact, “strengthening the probability of success in the ascertainment of the truth of the matter”; (3) those “which limit and restrict the search after truth” — and accepted them as “less harmful to the ulterior interests of society at large than would be the failure of such investigation, if success cannot he attained without jeopardizing those interests.”
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