Clark v. State

Alvie Clark was convicted of the possession of intoxicating’ liquors, and fined one hundred and fifty dollars, from which conviction he appeals here.

It appears that the appellant, in company with Arch Thomas and Roy Ellis, was in a Ford runabout on a certain highway in Tippah county, Mississippi. Ellis had gotten out of the car and secured a bottle of whisky, and, seeing the officers, handed the whisky to Thomas, and told him to break it. The appellant was driving the car, and, when they saw the officers, he speeded the car up attempting to escape, the three persons being together in the car.…