McCoppy v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

The appellant and Albert Terry were riding together in a Ford coupé, which was searched by officers without “probable cause,” as that term is defined in the case Sf Chapin v. State, 296 S. W. Rep. 1095. In the back end of the car the officers found several jars of whiskey. The objection to the testimony of the officers showing the result of the search was overruled because, as stated by the court in qualifying the bill, the search was made…