Harvill v. State

1. One of the special grounds of the motion for a new trial alleges that the court erred in failing to charge the jury that “ if the defendant had no knowledge of the liquor being in the car, he could not be convicted.” There was evidence that a man named Harrison obtained an automobile from the father of the accused; that he drove the car off to take a passenger to Chattanooga; that the car broke down; that Harrison telephoned to a mechanic named Carr to come and repair the automobile; that Carr procured a truck, went to the home of the father of the defendant, and there picked up the…