Mills v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Autauga County; F. Boyd. Tate, Judge. Andrew Mills was convicted of manufacturing prohibited liquors, and he appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Autauga County; F. Boyd. Tate, Judge. Andrew Mills was convicted of manufacturing prohibited liquors, and he appeals. The oral charge of the court excepted to is as follows: “The law says with reference to that, Any apparatus, plant, or structure found on the premises, that is, speaking of a distilling apparatus o-r plant for the making or manufacturing and distilling of alcoholic liquors, that if it is found on the premises, that fact shall be prima facie evidence that the tenant or owner in actual possession of the premises has knowledge of the existence of the…
1Opinion of the Court
BRICKEN, P._J.
The facts contained in this record, and upon which the judgment of conviction was predicated, are so unusual it is deemed advisable and proper for this court as a whole to consider this case, and the conclusion reached by the entire court sitting en banc is that the evidence offered and the inferences to be drawn therefrom fail utterly in establishing the corpus delicti of the offense charged.
The defendant was' indicted under section 15 of the act approved January 25,1919 (Acts 1919, p. 16). It was charged that he distilled, made, or manufactured alcoholic, spirituous, malted,…
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