Davis v. State

In this case error was assigned on the contested admission in evidence against the accused of the results of a search of defendant’s premises for intoxicating liquors pursuant to an affidavit and search warrant that plaintiff in error asserts was illegal and insufficient for the purposes of search and seizure of liquors from his dwelling house. The defendant was convicted of violation of the liquor law (second offense), and from the judgment and sentence imposed, he prosecutes this writ of error.

An affidavit for a search warrant based on information and belief is not for that reason alone…