Gilstrap v. State

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called defendants,- were convicted in the county court of Muskogee county on a charge of having the unlawful pos session of mash fit for distillation, and were each sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and to serve 30 days in the county jail.

The record discloses that one Louis Gilstrap owned a rough farm about 5 miles from the town of Braggs. This farm was leased to defendants, who resided thereon, and who are brothers-in-law. At the time charged, two officers and another person went to this place, and about 240 or 250 yards from the residence house, in an…