Hutson v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Grant county on a charge of having the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor and was sentenced to pay a fine of $250 and to serve 30 days in the county jail.

At the time charged, defendant while driving an automobile on the highway of Garfield county had a collision with another car. He left the scene. The sheriff and a deputy were called and appeared on the scene in about thirty minutes and followed defendant into Grant county and arrested him at the home of one McCart. They then searched the…