Hamilton v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is manufacturing intoxicating liquor; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Officers entered upon the premises of one “Frenchie” for the purpose of making a search for intoxicating liquors. They found a still in operation in an outhouse. Whiskey was dripping into containers, and there was approximately nineteen gallons of whiskey in the house. Appellant was at the still engaged in pumping a pressure tank when the officers entered the house. It appears that the pressure tank forced gasoline into burners over which the mash was cooking. Upon…