Stapleton v. State

The appellant was indicted for an attempt to distill intoxicating liquors, the indictment reading as follows:

“The grand jurors for the state of Mississippi, elected, impaneled, SAVorn and charged, in and for Covington county, state aforesaid, in the name of and by the authority of the state of Mississippi, upon their oath present that Walter *742Stapleton, Grover Miller and Otbo Miller on the -:— day of April, 1921, in Covington county aforesaid, did then and there unlawfully and feloniously attempt, design, and endeavor to commit a certain offense, to-wit, to unlawfully and feloniously make and…