Young v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for possessing a still for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicating liquor; punishment, one year in the penitentiary.

An exception was reserved to the charge of the court for its failure to submit the law of circumstantial evidence, and a special charge presenting this phase was asked. The testimony shows that two officers went to a point on the premises occupied by appellant, and when within a short distance of where they found a still, they heard talking and chopping of wood. They went in that direction, and, according to the sheriff, when they reached the place…