Mims v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale is the offense; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

According to the state’s evidence the officers were hiding in a cluster of bushes waiting for the appellant to arrive with some whiskey. He soon appeared on horseback with a jug tied to the horn of the saddle. There were several fires built with negroes around them. Appellant stopped and hitched his horse. After waiting a while, the officers got up and started in the direction of the appellant, and he ran…