State v. Nelson

The defendant was charged with the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor (moonshine whiskey). The trial resulted in a verdict o-f guilty, and the defendant appeals.

In Grays Harbor county there is a farm or ranch, referred to in the testimony as the Eshom place, upon which there is a six or seven room dwelling house and one or more out buildings. On April 25, 1926, the game warden and a deputy sheriff, under a search warrant, went to this place for the purpose of ascertaining if a deer had been killed out of season. While making the search, they found in a small out building, a short…