McIlveene v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge. —

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Jones County of transporting intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed at three years in the penitentiary.

The State’s case showed apparently beyond question that appellant transported a small quanity of liquor in his car for a mile along a public road. However, the main contention of the State seemed to be that appellant transported a larger quantity, and in its effort to show this the State proved that appellant was found in his car near the house of a Mr. Hodges, and that he was intoxicated and under the seat in his car…