Powell v. State

The defendant Ernest Powell was convicted in the county court of Carter county of the offense of illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor, and has appealed.

The sheriff of Carter county and one of his deputies had secreted themselves near the Santa Fe depot in the town of Gene Autrey early in the morning of April 23, 1943. Just before the northbound train arrived, an automobile driven by one Leek White stopped just a few feet from where the sheriff was hiding. After the arrival of the train, the defendant got off the train on the side opposite the depot with a suitcase and a box with the…