BROOKS v. WYNN, SHERIFF

No. 37500.

209 Miss. 156 (1950)

46 So.2d 97

BROOKS v. WYNN, SHERIFF.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, In Banc.

May 8, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.P. Searcy, for appellant.

George H. Ethridge, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Smith, J.

Armed with a warrant to search the "dwelling or outhouses connected therewith", for "money and other chattels", allegedly stolen, and for which theft suspicion was alleged to rest upon appellant, a group of officers repaired to his place of business in Holmes County, handed him the search warrant and placed him under arrest. The officers' testimony as to the arrest is contradictory, one of them stating...

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