Mosquedo v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale is the offense; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

The facts reveal that four officers, believing that persons were unlawfully transporting whisky while riding on a railroad train, took a position at night time near the railroad track in the town of Three Rivers. A freight train arrived about one o’clock at night. According to the officers, Pedro Mosquedo, the appellant, and his brother, Escolástico Mosquedo, were transporting whisky. The four officers present were…