State v. Coleman

Defendant appeals from a conviction and sentence for manufacturing intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes.

Bill of Exception No. 1.

Counsel for defendant complains that the trial judge refused to charge himself “that there could be no conviction under the indictment where there was no evidence or proof of the manufacture of liquor, and that under the facts in this case there was no such proof.”

The ruling was correct, as the trial court cannot he requested to charge itself as to the facts of the case. State v. Clary, 152 La. 757, 94 So. 385.

In connection with the special charge, and as a…