Crane v. State

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called defendants, were convicted in the county court of Tillman county on a charge of having the possession of a still, and were each sentenced to serve a term of 60 days in the county jail and to pay a fine of $250.

The record discloses that at the time charged certain officers had received information that a still was being operated on the extreme south border of the county, near Red river. They thereupon made a search, and, in a secluded spot in a gully concealed by woods, brush, and vines, they found a large distillery in operation, with it they found…