Lampley v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction of unlawfully possessing whisky. Code Section 11216. The plaintiff in error requested that the jury fix his punishment if they found him guilty. The jury found the plaintiff in error guilty and fixed his punishment at a fine of $500 and a workhouse sentence of six months. It is from this conviction that the present appeal comes.

In February of 1952 members of the highway patrol, possessing a search warrant, searched a building in Henry County referred to as “The Barn” which was being used as a beer tavern. Two of these patrolmen testified that the owner of…