Inness v. State

BETHEA, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Shelby County for the offense of transporting intoxicating liquor, and his punishment assessed at one year in the penitentiary.

He filed his motion for a new trial which was overruled and he in due time gave notice of appeal and the case is now properly before this court for review.

The facts briefly stated are that on or about January 3, 1926, he was first seen by the witness Zack Booth, a deputy sheriff, on the sidewalk talking to a negro; the next time the witness saw the defendant he was going up a stairway that led up to an…