State ex rel. Lockmiller v. Mayo

At the Spring’ term of the Circuit Court for Broward County in 1924, Lockmiller was indicted for the offense of unlawfully operating “a still for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicating liquors, to-wit: moonshine whiskey.” It was alleged that the accused had been previously convicted in the County Court “for a violation of the laws against the unlawful manufacture, sale, possession and transportation of intoxicating liquors.”

The language charging the offense to have been committed in January, 1924, is as follows: “did then and there unlawfully operate a still for the purpose of…