McAdams v. State

The plaintiff in error, J. J. McAdams, defendant in the trial court, was convicted in the county court of Stephens county of the illegal transportation of a quantity of whisky, with his punishment fixed by the court at a fine of $200 and costs, and confinement in the county jail for a period of 60 days.

The defendant was the owner of a new Cadillac automobile, of the value of $4,100. On the night of October 12, 1922, the defendant and two companions, a woman and another man, drove in this car from Duncan to Comanche. The three occupants of the car were sitting in the front seat of the car, on…