Gonce v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Conviction for possessing a still for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicating liquor; punishment, three years in the penitentiary.

A party of men went to a house situated about twenty-five miles from Henrietta. Members of the party testified they saw appellant looking at a pressure tank out in the yard. The party went on down to a river looking for a still but returned some hour or two later to the house. Appellant was in the yard but the pressure tank was gone. They asked appellant in regard to who had charge of the barn and outhouses, and he told them that he had nothing…