Jackson v. State

This appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted for the offense of violating the prohibition laws by having whisky in his possession. The undisputed evidence disclosed that this appellant and one Bud Smith were riding in a car when apprehended and arrested by the officers who had blocked the read upon which they were traveling, and in the car with appellant and Griffin was a five-gallon jug of whisky full, or partly full, and the state’s evidence tended to show that the jug of whisky was between this appellant’s legs, and that, when the officers made themselves known, this appellant broke…