Davis v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

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

The appellant, a negro man, was walking at night time upon the street, and upon circumstances detailed by the witnesses, the State contends that the evidence shows that he was transporting liquor. Olivia Jones, a negro woman, testified for the State that she saw in the appellant’s pocket “what looked like a tequila bottle.” Wright and Floyd came into view. The appellant was walking faster than she and to the right of her. About the time that Floyd and…