Vickers v. State

These two cases, involving the same question, are heard here together, though tried separately below, where both plaintiffs in error were convicted of unlawful possession of liquor. Vickers was given a fine of $300 and a jail sentence of five months and Rich a fine of $150 and sentence of ninety days.

Both men had many cases of whiskey on their premises, and were quite evidently engaged in the business of selling. They make but a single question. They say that the search which revealed their illegal possession, although made with search warrants in proper form, was unlawful because made by…