State v. Hammond

MEREDITH, PRESIDENT:

Defendant was indicted and convicted on the charge of unlawfully and feloniously owning, operating, maintaining, possessing and having an interest in a certain mechanism, apparatus and device for the manufacture of intoxicating liquors, commonly known as a “moonshine still”, against the peace and dignity of the state. A second count in the indictment charged him with aiding and abetting in the operation and maintenance of the still, but the court directed the jury to disregard this count, and the verdict was on the first count only. Defendant’s brief contains eleven…