State v. Patko

Lively, Judge:

George Patko was tried and sentenced for having in his possession “mash” for making intoxicating liquors. He was sentenced to confinement for ninety days, and to pay a fine of $250.00. To that judgment he obtained this writ, and alleges that the court erred; (1) in permitting parts of a moonshine still found in an uninhabited portion of his dwelling-house, to be admitted in evidence;-', (2) the introduction of, and testimony concerning, a quantity, of “mash” found in his cellar; and (3) refusal of the court to instruct the jury, after argument and before the jury retired to the…