CARTWRIGHT v. STATE


230 S.W.2d 995 (1950)

CARTWRIGHT v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 9, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virgil Carmichael, Cleveland, Tenn., for plaintiff in error.

Nat Tipton, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of unlawfully possessing whiskey with punishment fixed at a fine of $100 and a suspended jail sentence of six months. Reversal is sought on the theory that the finding of this whiskey in Cartwright's home was the result of an unlawful search.

A constable of Bradley County, introduced as a witness for the State, testified that on a specified date he received a complaint that defendant was at his home in...

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