WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.
Appellant William Jacobs Bruce was indicted for the crime of rape. He was tried and found guilty by a jury in the Hopkins Circuit Court. He appeals from the judgment of that court sentencing him to 12 years in the penitentiary.
His only ground for reversal is that certain evidence introduced at his trial was obtained as a result of an illegal search. The evidence concerned a purse which belonged to the prosecuting witness. The purse...
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