Barnes v. State

CARR, Judge.

This appeal follows a conviction in the court below on a charge of violating the prohibition law.

The evidence for the State tended to disclose that some officers observed the accused and one Elmer Tanner as the latter two were in a parked automobile on a highway in Blount County. The time was estimated to be about midnight. As the officers, approached, the parked car started up and a chase of about three miles ensued. Before the front car could be stopped the appellant threw two cases of beer therefrom. It appears that Tanner was driving, but the car was owned by the appellant.

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