Varish v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit in cause No. 3525 in the Lake Criminal Court with possession of a distilling apparatus for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor. To this charge he pleaded guilty.

The finding of the court made on June 11, 1924, was as follows:

“That the defendant is guilty as charged, that he is 38 years of age and should be imprisoned at the Indiana State Prison for a period of not less than one nor more than five years and that upon a written recommendation of the prohibition department of Indiana to wit (here the recommendation is set out) the prison sentence herein be…