McElmurry v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

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

A state highway patrolman saw two men driving a Ford touring car with defective lights. He followed the car into town and, as' it turned into a filling station, ran in behind it, and stopped. According to his testimony, one White was driving the car and appellant was riding on the front seat with him. He testified that after stopping at the filling station he asked appellant what was wrong with the lights on the car, and that appellant, who had gotten out of the car,…