Burke v. State

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of intoxicating liquor in dry territory for purposes of sale.

On February 9,1962, appellant Paul Burke, while riding as a passenger in an automobile driven by one Gerald Oglesby in Sevier County, was arrested by officers attached to the Weights and Standards Division of the Department of Revenues. Oglesby was driving south on Highway 71 about five miles south of DeQueen, where the officers were temporarily stationed, when he was stopped. After examining their drivers licenses, the officer in charge demanded the…