Case Name: McGEE v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1926-03-31
Citations: 281 S.W. 1052
Docket Number: No. 10051
Parties: McGEE v. STATE.
Judges: MORROW, P. J., absent.
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 281
Pages: 1052–1052

Head Matter:
McGEE v. STATE.
(No. 10051.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 31, 1926.)
Clyde E. Thomas, of Big Springs, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., of Austin, and Robt. M. Lyles, Asst. State’s Atty., of Groesbeck, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, J.
Conviction is for the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor, with punishment of one year in the penitentiary.
The record contains no bills of exception nor objection to the court's charge. The evidence sustains the verdict. Officers had discovered two gallon jugs of whisky under some weeds in a lane. They secreted themselves near by. Appellant and two other parties drove down the lane in an automobile. As it went slowly by the point where the whisky was hidden, appellant stepped out of the car and went to the whisky. The car was turned around some 50 yards beyond this point, and, as it came slowly back, appellant picked up the two gallons of whisky and started to the car, at which time the officers called to him. He threw the jugs in the car, and fell in himself, and the ear speeded away. The officers later found the car in town with the broken jugs in it. The officers had examined the contents of the jugs, and ascertained it was whisky before appellant and his companions appeared on the scene. When appellant started to the automobile with the whisky, the transportation had begun. Lamb v. State, 255 S. W. 424, 95 Tex. Cr. R. 457; Lee v. State, 255 S. W. 425, 95 Tex. Cr. R. 654; Black v. State, 255 S. W. 731, 96 Tex. Cr. R. 56; Hannon v. State, 259 S. W. 1083, 98 Tex. Cr. R. 660; Finley v. State, 258 S. W. 1062, 96 Tex. Cr. R. 542; Tullos v. State, 268 S. W. 174, 99 Tex. Cr. R. 122; Winters v. State, 275 S. W. 1015, 101 Tex. Cr. R. 276.
The judgment is affirmed.
MORROW, P. J., absent.