Davis v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Upon trial in the District Court of Kaufman County for possessing equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor, appellant was found guilty and his punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary.

Officers raided Lon Tolbert’s house, searching for liquor violations. The raid was made about midnight. As the officers approached Tolbert darted out of his barn near the house. One officer gave chase, the other going on to the house where a light was observed in the kitchen. About the time this officer got to where he could see through the window a shot was fired by the…