Purswell v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge. —

The offense is the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor, punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

The criminating evidence comes from the sheriff, Hightower, and Anderson, his deputy. They went to the home of McElvain, which consisted of a dwelling-house, a barn, garden and field, embracing about twenty acres. They secreted themselves in the field. There was a social gathering at McElvain’s house. The appellant was an inmate of the house as the guest of McElvain. The officers observed various persons coming into the field and…