Eady v. State

The appellants were convicted in the county court of F'orrest county of having intoxicating liquor in their possession; sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred dollars and serve thirty days in jail, appealed to the circuit court where the judgment was affirmed, and, from the circuit court, appeal was prosecuted here.

It appears that the appellants were upon the public road near Hattiesburg engaged in changing a tire on their car, having had a puncture or trouble of that kind, and a deputy sheriff came along, and, seeing their trouble, asked if he could be of any assistance. Appellants replied…