Smalley v. State

BERRY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Jefferson County for the offense of transporting intoxicating liquor and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years.

The chief witness for the State testified that on or about January 2, 1924, at about 5:30 o ’clock in the morning, he saw appellant coming from the safety stop of a railroad on which a train had just arrived from Louisiana. He identified the defendant as having a red suitcase and a black one. He testified to seeing him go to a local hotel in Beaumont and afterwards went and…