Burt v. State

The indictment upon which this defendant was tried and convicted was found by the grand jury at the fall term, 1921, of the circuit court of Etowah county, and was returned into open court on October 15, 1921. It contained two counts. Count 1, in proper form and substance, charged that the defendant did distill, make, or manufacture alcoholic, spirituous, malted, or mixed liquors or beverages, a part of which was alcohol, etc. And count 2 charged him with the offense of unlawfully possessing a still, etc., to be used for the purpose of manufacturing prohibited liquors and beverages.

The trial…