Whitehead v. State

C. A. Whitehead, plaintiff in error, was in the county court of Grady county, by a verdict of a jury, found guilty of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, with his punishment assessed at confinement in the county jail for a period of 60 days, and to pay a fine of $50.

The evidence upon which this conviction rests was for the most part procured by means of a search warrant predicated upon an affidavit made wholly on information and belief. Our Constitution, article 2, § 30, provides that no search warrant shall issue except upon a showing of probable cause supported by affidavit, and…