McInnis v. State

The appellant, James Boyce McInnis, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Simpson County on a charge of having in his possession intoxicating liquor, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $300 and serve sixty days in the county jail. One-half of the fine and one-half of the jail sentence were suspended during good behavior. From that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The State’s case was based upon the testimony of the sheriff and evidence procured under a search warrant by a search of the building and premises on which the liquor was found.

*493The sheriff testified that oil December 22, 1950, he…