Plyler v. State

The indictment was in two counts, and charged, first, < the manufacture of prohibited liquors, and, second, the unlawful possession of a still. The jury returned a verdict of guilty under the second count.

- That defendant was present at the still place, and that the still was in operation when the officers came upon the scene and made the arrest, is not disputed. The state’s evidence tended to show that the defendant had in his hand a bucket, which he put down when the officers approached, and “made two or three jumps” before the officers stopped him. It further tended to show that the…