Baines v. State

Appellant was convicted of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor. The facts disclosed by the record are summarized as follows:

On the west side of a gravel road, there were three houses, which were operated as “honky-tonks” for Negroes. The one on the south side was known as the Blue Top; the middle place was the Ritz; and the one to the north was the Lone Star. On a certain Saturday night, about ten o ’clock, the sheriff, with the assistance of other officers, searched the Lone Star and the Ritz, under warrants issued for that purpose. The Blue Top was dark and not operating. There…