Powell v. State

The defendant was convicted of unlawfully having in his possession a still, ■etc., to be used for the purpose of manufacturing prohibited liquors, or beverages, and appeals. The evidence for the state was substantially as follows:

Eour officers went to the home of defendant, on a Sunday afternoon, while he was away, and made a search of the dwelling house and premises. There were there present, at the time, besides the officers, defendant’s wife and children, and perhaps some others. Nothing of an incriminatory nature was found in the dwelling house. -Two hundred steps (which steps are…