State v. Scott

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant was charged, tried and convicted of unlawfully possessing, .handling and transporting for sale intoxicating liquor in Winn Parish, in violation of a *648local option ordinance, and was sentenced to six months imprisonment and a $500 fine. He has appealed, depending on seven bills of exceptions for a reversal of his conviction.

The State’s case is based on circumstantial evidence. The facts are that Deputy Sheriff Wesley Carter of Winn Parish, who had been following appellant’s automobile on the Alexandria-Winnfield Highway, stopped appellant for the purpose of searching…