Foster v. State

Plaintiff in error was indicted and tried for manufacturing intoxicating liquor. The jury found the accused guilty of attempting to manufacture intoxicating liquor. A new trial was refused and he excepted. On the trial it was shown that an officer saw the ,defendant “at a spring washing a copper still.” This was about 50 or 75 yards from where there were a “still furnace” and two barrels of beer. The beer was “working” and “was intoxicating.” The accused ran when he saw the officer. This officer testified: “I do not know whether this still John [the accused] was washing had ever been in that…