Brewer v. State

Olivia Brewer and Nancy Tullos appeal from a joint conviction upon a charge of having possession of a still.

Olivia Brewer lived with her husband, Oliver Brewer, in a house rented by him. Nancy Tullos occupied a part of the house. The officers secured a search warrant to search the house of “John Doe,” and with this kind of a warrant entered and searched the premises of the appellants, and there found a small still hidden behind a screen in the fireplace. Oliver Brewer, husband of Olivia Brewer, appellant, was absent from home at the time of the search, and since has fled the country.

The…