Morton v. State

The plaintiffs in error, who are man and wife, were indicted and convicted in the criminal court of Davidson county for violating the so-called Bone Dry Law; (Acts 1917, chapter 12).

In 'February, 1918, information came to the police officers of Nashville, Tenn., that an automobile load of whiskey was en route from Hopkinsville, Ky., to Nashville. Police officers stationed themselves on the Hop-kinsville road near Goodlettsville, in Davidson county, and blockaded the road and arrested plaintiffs in error. They searched the automobile and found “six or eight” sacks in the automobile, each…