Tarrant v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense, the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor; penalty, two years in the penitentiary.

Two officers went out just before daylight looking for an automobile, the description and number of which had been furnished them. A Whippet car approached and the officers attempted to stop it. The driver refused to stop. The officers gave chase. They followed him about seven miles, failing to apprehend him. During the chase one of them “saw a man pitch something to the left over the fence, bulky something.” After the chase was over, they returned to this spot and found a…