Gause v. State

This appeal is from a conviction of Pat Harrison Gause for the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor. The highway patrolman found the whiskey in the automobile of the defendant after he had chased him off the highway and down a plantation road to a point about a quarter of a mile from the highway.

Section 2615, Code of 1942, authorizes a search of an automobile, without a search warrant, by an officer £ ‘ who has reason to believe and does believe that intoxicating liquor is being transported in violation of law, in any . . . automobile . . .” This reason to believe and belief must exist…