Williams v. Pierson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Cammack

Reversing.

R. L. Pierson was arrested by tbe marshal of the town of Drakesboro, Muhlenberg County, who had a search warrant for his automobile. The arrest was made outside the corporate limits of the town, after the marshal had trailed Pierson through the town and past his home. Being of the opinion that Pierson was drunk, and had violated the law by driving through Drakesboro in that condition, the marshal put him under arrest and took him before W. B. Williams, the appellant in this action, who is the police judge of Drakesboro, where a charge of operating…