Driver v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction in the District Court of Angelina County of transporting intoxicating liquor, punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary.

The facts show, from the State’s standpoint, that there were three fruit jars of whiskey in the front seat of appellant’s car, which was being watched by officers. They testified that he came to the car, looked all around, then walked around, came back, moved the whiskey so as to make room for himself on the seat, then got in the car and started to drive away, and that when he had gone about sixty feet he was stopped and arrested. These…