Mireles v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for transporting intoxicating liquor, punishment being two years in the penitentiary.

Two nights before the search of appellant’s car a jail break had occurred at San Angelo, resulting in the escape of several prisoners ; the night before a store in San Angelo had been burglarized and some $5000 worth of furs stolen. The sheriff of Sterling County had information of these occurrences, and had been watching the road hoping to recover the stolen property and recapture the escaped prisoners. On the night in question the sheriff and his brother were watching the road.…