Purser v. State

PRICE, Judge.

The indictment charged in count one the offense of distilling prohibited liquors. Count 2 charged the illegal possession of a still. Defendant was found guilty under the second count.

The State’s evidence tended to show that on June 30, 1955, five law enforcement officers raided some stills located on a small island near Goose Shoals, in Lauderdale County, Alabama. A barrel and cans of one and five gallon capacity contained more than 100 gallons of whiskey.

Upon reaching the island the raiding party separated. Parnell Lovett, a federal agent, was the only witness testifying to…