Hill v. State
| Decision Date | 05 February 1924 |
| Docket Number | 5 Div. 438. |
| Parties | HILL v. STATE. |
| Court | Alabama Court of Appeals |
Rehearing Denied April 8, 1924.
Appeal from Circuit Court, Tallapoosa County; S. L. Brewer, Judge.
Bud Hill was convicted of having in his possession prohibited liquors, and appeals. Affirmed.
Jas. W Strother, of Dadeville, for appellant.
Harwell G. Davis, Atty. Gen., for the State.
The evidence in this case is entirely circumstantial. As circumstances tending to prove the guilt of defendant and connecting him with the liquor, it was relevant and competent to prove that defendant was traveling in a Ford car; that when he was told by the officer to halt he "swerved around the officer" and speeded up the car; that the officer pursued the car; that the officer caught defendant in the car after a chase of about seven miles near a cemetery; that the defendant "was drinking"; that at that time the officer smelled whisky on defendant and in the car; that under the front cushion of the car there were cobs broken up about an inch and one-half long; that defendant was running the car as fast as it would go; that shortly after the arrest the officer went back to where he first saw defendant and picked up a Coca-Cola bottle and a pint bottle; that in the pint bottle there was a little corn whisky; that these bottles were in the edge of the road where defendant had passed; that it was about one hour from the time defendant had passed; that further down the road where defendant had passed the officer found a board carton with excelsior in it; that it had on the carton the name of a man who lived near defendant; that this was about 9 p. m.; that the next morning about daylight the officer examined the road where defendant had been along the night before; that there was no other sign of travel except the car of defendant; that on the route taken by defendant's car the night before the officer found a quart bottle of whisky "hung up in a thick briar patch," which had a cob stopper; that just a little below this on the edge of the same road he found a quart bottle broken, and near it a cob stopper that fitted the bottle; that another quart bottle was found on the road, thrown right on the bank on the right side, with a cob stopper; that the whisky was what is known as corn whisky; that the officer was familiar with and knew the smell of corn whisky; that the car smelled of corn whisky. Many questions...
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