Johnson v. State

Conviction for transporting intoxicating liquor; punishment, one year in the penitentiary.

Appellant was walking along a public street carrying a package. Officers observed him and suspected that he was carrying whisky. They stopped him, took the package from him, examined same and found it to contain a gallon of corn whisky. Appellant defended upon the proposition that as he was going along said street a boy handed the package in question to him, and that he did not know what was in it. The officers testified that when they asked appellant in regard to the package and its contents, that he…