Patterson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case. This is a companion case to that of Hurst v. State, No. 11934, this day decided and touching the subject of probable cause.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The offense is the transportation of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.
Nichols, a deputy sheriff, while traveling in his automobile upon the public highway observed a car in which Clarence Hurst was sitting at the steering-wheel and the appellant was on the ground pushing the car. The machinery of the car had broken down. Nichols went to the car and observed a half-gallon jar of whisky on the seat near Clarence Hurst. It was red whisky and was in a fruit jar. The officer said that the jar contained a…
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