State v. Tomlin
West Virginia Supreme Court
Certified Questions from Circuit Court, Lincoln County. Willie Tomlin was indicted for owning, operating, and possessing an apparatus for the manufacture, of intoxicating liquors. Demurrer to indictment and hill of particulars sustained as to the indictment in part, and questions certified.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Jijdoe :
In an indictment under section 37, chapter 108 of the, Acts of 1919, .the first count charges that defendant did unlawfully and feloniously own, operate and maintain, and have in his possession an apparatus for the manufacture of intoxicating liquors, commonly known as a moonshine still; the, second that he did on the same day unlawfully and feloniously own, operate, maintain and have in his possession an apparatus-and device for the manufacture of intoxicating liquors which said device was of like kind and character to what is commonly known as a moonshine, still.
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