Steel v. State

CARR, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for the offense denounced by Title 29, Sec. 187, Code 1940.

The sheriff stopped the appellant and his brother, Hugh Steel, about two A.M. while the two were riding along the highway in an automobile. The defendant was driving. He was forthwith carried to the county jail, and his car was driven to Cedar Bluff, Alabama, not a great distance away. Hugh was a cripple and also drunk, so the sheriff left him in the automobile. About five hours later the sheriff returned to Cedar Bluff and found that Hugh had driven the car into…