Wood v. State

The appellant, together with Caldonia Price and Dale Hendricks, were jointly charged by affidavit in the Shelby Circuit Court on a charge of violating the liquor law of the State. There were two counts in the affidavit: one count for unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquor, and the other for the unlawful possession of a still and distilling apparatus.

There was a plea of not guilty by all three, and a jury trial. The defendants, Caldonia Price and Dale Hendricks, were acquited upon a peremtory instruction by the court. The appellant was convicted on the second count, and fined One Hundred…