Lott v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Webb County of the offense of transporting intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary.

There is no dispute of the fact that about the date alleged in the indictment appellant was accosted and arrested by some officers while driving a car along a public road in Webb County. Upon search it was discovered that in said car were one hundred and ninety-nine bottles of tequila, which was shown by testimony to be an intoxicating spirituous liquor. The only defense interposed by appellant was that he…