Van Zandt v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for possessing a still, punishment one year in the penitentiary.

The indictment contained five counts, but the court submitted to the jury only the first and third, which charged, respectively, the manufacture of intoxicating liquor, and the possession of a still for the purpose of said manufacture. The verdict of the jury found appellant guilty under the third count.

Officers testified that they saw appellant, his father and another man put together a still about 1 a. m., and saw them put into same mash and build a fire under it, and add wood from time to time. The…