Clark v. State

Although the evidence raises a strong suspicion of the guilt of the defendant, yet in the absence of proof that the defendant either owned the premises on which, the stills were located, or was in the control and operation of them, or participated directly or indirectly in their operations, we do not think it excludes every reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the defendant. We think this is true notwithstanding the State sought to show by its witnesses, the officers, that the tenant, also the State’s witness, also for whom it vouched, had stated on the occasion of the arrests that…