Thurmond v. State

This was a proceeding to condemn an automobile truck which had been seized by the public authorities on a public highway, and which was being used to convey 163 gallons of whisky. Plaintiff in error filed a claim, and sought to show that his car was being thus used without his knowledge or consent, testifying that it had been stolen the night previously from a garage in another county, and submitting the testimony of certain other persons that he had promptly reported the loss to the sheriff of the county of the alleged theft and to other persons. His own testimony and the testimony of these…