LAMPLEY v. STATE


268 S.W.2d 572 (1954)

LAMPLEY v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 21, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. C. Grider, Huntingdon, Aaron Brown, Paris, for plaintiff in error.

Knox Bigham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


BURNETT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of unlawfully possessing whisky. Code Section 11216. The plaintiff in error requested that the jury fix his punishment if they found him guilty. The jury found the plaintiff in error guilty and fixed his punishment at a fine of $500 and a workhouse sentence of six months. It is from this conviction that the present appeal comes.

In February of 1952 members of the highway patrol, possessing a search warrant...

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