Boles v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for having possession of whisky in a container to which no stamp tax was affixed; punishment assessed being a fine of one hundred dollars.

The sheriff of Shelby County, Texas, had a telephone conversation with an agent of the Louisiana Liquor Control Board by which he learned that appellant was on his way into Shelby County with a load of untaxed whisky. The officer intercepted appellant on the highway. When he saw the sheriff appellant began backing his car, driving with one hand, and beating with a hammer with the other. The officer ran to the car and…