Austin v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Appellant and Boise Dawson, both negroes, were observed by the Chief of Police near a barrow pit in the city of Sweetwater filling the radiator of a Ford ear with water. After filling the radiator, they got into the car, the appellant driving, and drove at a rapid rate of speed along various streets of the city. They were followed by the Chief of Police, who was also in an automobile, though they were not at all times kept in view. On one…