Betts and Tucker v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellants were jointly indicted and convicted for unlawfully possessing and having in their possession equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor.

For some reason not disclosed from the record officers had suspected the presence of a whiskey still in the neighborhood .of Jerry Betts’ house. On a Tuesday night they found it in a thicket not far from his premises, a corn field being between his house and the thicket. There were six barrels of mash, four empty barrels, and a gasoline barrel, pipe and elbows, but the outfit was disconnected at the time of the discovery.…