White v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

The appellant had obtained a gallon of whisky and was walking in the direction of his automobile about forty feet distant when he was arrested. He interposed the defense that he was sick with a malady which required the use of whisky and that the doctor had advised him -to take it; that the whisky in his possession was for medicinal purposes for his own use. His testimony was supported by the testimony of his physician.

The…