Brooks v. State

Frank Brooks, plaintiff in error, de fendant in the trial court, was convicted of transporting one gallon of whisky, with his punishment assessed at a fine of $200 and confinement in the county jail for a period of 90 days.

Three police officers were sitting in a car on the outskirts of Ponca City, when the defendant, with a girl companion, drove by on the highway leading from the Osage country. The officers suspected that the defendant was conveying whisky, and gave chase over a devious route until both cars ran off the pavement. The defendant had difficulty in getting through a mud hole, and…