Butler v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

Walker, the State’s witness, went to the home of the appellant to serve a summon for road work. He found the appellant engaged in making whisky. The witness remained on the premises for two hours or more and drank some of the whisky. On cross-examination, an effort to elicit an admission from the witness that he had rendered some aid or encouragement 'to the appellant in making the liquor was without success.

Appellant advances…