Finley v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

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

Appellant, in company with Jesse Lee, arrived at the depot in Daingerfield about one o’clock at night. They had two suit cases, one containing two gallons of whisky, the other two and one-half gallons. Lee had two full quart bottles of whisky on his person, also a pint bottle with some whisky in it. The smell of whisky on their breath attracted the attention of the man on duty at the ticket office. Lee asked for a ticket to Greenville but was informed that no tickets were sold at night.…