Martin v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for manufacturing intoxicating liquor, punishment being confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The house in which the manufacturing enterprise was being conducted was on a 123-acre tract of land. The officer making the arrest of appellant and conducting the search admitted that he had no search warrant. It appears that he thought he had a warrant authorizing him to search the premises, but he says, “It turned out not to be the property I thought it was.” The record does not disclose at what time the officer ascertained the search warrant did not cover the…