Wylie v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Howard County of unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquor, and his punishment assessed at one year in the penitentiary.

Briefly stated, the record shows that the appellant was a cook on one of the dining cars running over the T. & P. Railroad between Fort Worth and El Paso; that the sheriff of Howard County, House, and his deputy, Stovall, were concealed under some cars at Big Spring when an eastbound passenger train came in at an early hour of the morning; and that they observed a Mexican by the name of Subia cross from the…