Brooks v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor, with the punishment assessed at one year confinement in the penitentiary.

On the day of the alleged offense there had been a picnic or gathering of some kind at McAdoo at which there was quite a crowd of people. Appellant was seen about the picnic grounds during the day but had left with one W. G. Mayfield and according to appellant’s testimony they had gone to Crosbytown. For some reason not disclosed from the record the sheriff and his deputies were out on the road some four or five miles from the town of…