Wilkerson v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for transporting intoxicating liquor, punishment being one year in the penitentiary.

This is a companion case to Johnson v. State, reported in 283 S. W. 809. The facts are the same. Appellant testified that Johnson had bought the whiskey • from some Mexicans who secreted it at the direction of Johnson; that later when the officers discovered appellant taking the whiskey to the automobile he was doing so for Johnson who intended taking it home to be used for medicine. The court told the jury if appellant was acting as Johnson’s agent in transporting the whiskey,…