Frier v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for possessing a still and equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor, punishment one year in the penitentiary.

Officers found a still, mash, etc., in a ditch at the head of a ravine. Logs, brush, etc., were piled over the top of the ditch, forming a sort of covering or roof. A road ran from appellant’s place down within about ten feet of the still, and gave no indication of being traveled any farther. While the officers were watching the place appellant and his father drove up to the still in a wagon. Both got out. Appellánt took a bucket out of the…