Pendergrass v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is transporting intoxicating liquor; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Jack O’Burk, accompanied by appellant, was driving an automobile along a street in the city of Port Arthur at a rate of speed of from thirty- five to forty miles an hour. Police officers overtook them and forced them to stop. A search of the car disclosed some jugs of whisky between appellant’s feet. Altogether, the officers found in the car more than a gallon and a half of whisky. Appellant did not testify, and introduced no testimony on the question of his…