Dixon v. State

CATES, Judge.

Dixon was indicted for and convicted of the felony of transporting prohibited liquors in quantities of five gallons or more— contrary to Code 1940, T. 29, § 187. He was adjudged guilty and sentenced to three years’ penal servitude.

On the night of April 26-27, 1956, Mr. W. O. Catrett, an enforcement officer of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, started following a 1955 Buick Roadmaster northbound on U. S. Highway 231 in Pike County. After pulling up to the Buick and cutting on his siren, Catrett had to push his car 90 and sometimes over 100 miles an hour to keep up with the…