State v. Kloda

Hatches, Judge:

Frank Kloda was indicted in the circuit court of Brooke county at the February term, 1920, on the charge of operating, maintaining, and having in his possession, a moonshine still m the month of December, 1919. The indictment ivas drawn under section 37 of chapter 108 of the Acts of 1919. He was tried on this indictment, in March, 1924. The evidence of the state was that a raid was made on the defendant’s home a short time prior to the indictment. Kloda at that time lived at a place called Beech Bottom, in a thickly settled community. A public highway ran right past his door.…