Bing v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Bowie County for the offense of possessing mash for the purpose of manufacturing-intoxicating liquor, and his punishment assessed at one year in the penitentiary.

Briefly stated the record discloses that the deputy sheriff White and the federal enforcement officer, McDonald, searched the premises of the appellant, and found a barrel of mash in a box in his smoke house, and a furnace, an iron barrel and a bucket, which the state contended was used for the purpose of manufacturing liquor. It was the contention of the appellant…