Sandifer v. State

The appellant, Turner Sandifer, was indicted, tried, and convicted of having* in his possession a distillery, *840commonly called a still. By the judgment of the court he was sentenced to serve a term of two years in the penitentiary, from which judgment this appeal is here prosecuted.

The affidavit for a search warrant and the search warrant were both introduced in evidence by the state. Both of these in effect describe the place to be searched as the residence, premises, automobiles, and outhouses occupied by Turner Sandifer in district No. 5-, Copiah County, Miss., near Georgetown. A deputy…