Trammell v. State

MORROW/P. J.

The offense is transporting intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of 2 years.

Appellant was arrested while driving upon the public highway an automobile in which there were 41 gallons of alcohol. The alcohol was locked up in the back end of the car. When first accosted, appellant insisted that he had nothing objectionable in his car, and declared that he had no key to the part of it in which the alcohol was afterwards found. He ultimately stated to the officer: “Well, you have got me; I am loaded with alcohol.” The state’s witness…