Jackson v. State

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a suit in equity on behalf of the State by the solicitor to condemn an automobile under sections 247 and 248, Title 29, Code, for transporting liquors from one point in this State to another point in this State. There was a final decree of condemnation, from which the defendant Louie Jackson has appealed to this Court.

The car was seized by the sheriff on June 10, 1947, when the defendant and the car were carried to the sheriff’s office, where defendant made bond on a criminal charge, and was allowed to drive the car to his home. Upon his report of the matter to the…