Bentley v. State

The general grounds of the motion for new trial are not argued by counsel for the defendant in error. There are three special grounds. Grounds 1 and 2 assign error because the court admitted in evidence, over objection of the defendant, the testimony of the witness Beasley (the substance of which we have set forth in the facts), for the reason that his testimony showed that the evidence against the defendant for illegally transporting liquor was obtained by forcibly taking the keys to the trunk of the car from her, and was thus rendered inadmissible; that the manner in which Beasley obtained…