Canady v. State

The accusation charged Canady, alone, with the possession of non-tax-paid liquor. The evidence^ for the State showed that the defendant was in an automobile with Warren, his father-in-law, and they were being pursued by the officers in another automobile; that the defendant was driving the car and Warren was seen by the officers- to break three bottles of whisky before the officers could force them to stop their automobile. An officer testified for the State that the automobile belonged to the defendant. The defendant in his statement to the jury said: “I am not guilty of this hauling whisky.…