Irvine v. State

The evidence on the part of the state was that this defendant and a man by the name of Gus Sanders, jointly informed against, were caught by the city marshal of Hinton and a deputy sheriff by the name of Holt in the act of conveying five quarts and 28 half pints of whisky in a buggy. When approached by the officers, the night was very dark, and this defendant jumped out of the buggy and attempted to escape. His codefendant, Sanders, whipped up the horses and attempted to drive over the city marshal, who had grasped the rein. A search was immediately made of the buggy, and the whisky was…