Hughes v. State

G-rifein Smith, Chief Justice.

Elbert Hughes has appealed from a judgment that he pay a fine of $100 and serve ten days in jail, the charge having been that he illegally possessed liquor for the purpose of sale.

Sheriff Leon Brown of Craighead County testified that he received a telephone call from the town of Monette the afternoon of February 2, 1945, and in response to information so acquired he went with his deputy, C. D. Wilson, and apprehended Hughes driving toward Jonesboro, and engaged him in conversation. When Hughes was asked what was in the car he replied that he had some fish. This…