Pierce v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction in District Court of Harrison County of possessing intoxicating liquor for purposes of sale, punishment three years in the penitentiary.

Officers having a search warrant went to the place of appellant. As they approached the house appellant was observed a short distance away. When he discovered the officers he ran behind the house, which was on a hill, and appellant’s movements could be observed by looking underneath the house. The officers said they saw him run back of the house and pick up something and run to a smokehouse and apparently place the object under…