Hill v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from. Circuit Court, Tallapoosa County; S. L. Brewer, Judge. Bud Hill was convicted of having in his possession prohibited liquors, and appeals. ' Certiorari denied by Supreme Court in Ex parte Hill, 100 South. 315. The evidence in'this case was insufficient upon which to base a conviction. Adams v. State, 18 Ala. App. 143, 90N South. 42Jones v. State, 18 Ala. App. 116, 90 South. 135; Hill v. State, 19 Ala. App. 483, 98 South. 317. No brief reached the Reporter.
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
The evidence.in this case is entirely circumstantial. As circumstances tending to prove the guilt of defendant and connecting him with the liquor, it was relevant and competent to prove that defendant was traveling in a Ford car; that when he was itold by the officer to halt he “swerved around the officer” and speeded up. the car; that the officer pursued the car,; that the officer caught defendant in the car after a chase of about seven miles near a cemetery; that the defendant “was drinking”: that at that time the officer smelled whisky on defendant and in the car; that under the front…
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