Edwards v. State

CATES, Judge.

Edwards was convicted of possessing prohibited liquors and sentenced as a multiple offender to twelve months hard labor. This lengthier term comes from Code 1940, T. 29, § 99, for a third or subsequent conviction.

February 16, 1963, officers armed with a search warrant issued on an affidavit based ■on probable cause found moonshine whiskey in Edwards’s home. No time of execution ■appears on the return to the warrant.

The evidence of the time of search is as follows:

“Q What time of the day did you enter that home ?

“A It was late afternoon.

'“Q Was it before 6 o’clock, P.M. ?

“A Well,…