Cox v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Shelby County for unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquor, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

Briefly stated it was the contention of the state that on the night of the alleged offense, the officers, together with the state’s witnesses, observed the appellant, in company with one Ace Gotham, going in the direction of the appellant’s house, and when the presence of the officers was observed by the appellant, that he had a quart of corn whiskey, which he threw down and broke while the officers and…