Nowlin v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for transporting intoxicating liquor, punishment being two and one-half years in the penitentiary.

The sheriff, having no search warrant, stopped appellant on the road and searched his car, finding therein eighteen gallons of whisky contained in thirty-six half-gallon fruit jars.

The sole question is whether the officer acted upon probable cause authorizing the search. The jury was retired and iji their absence the question was investigated. The evidence upon the point is brought forward in the bill of exception which complains of the court’s action in permitting…