Hixon v. State

Appellant was convicted, generally, upon a trial under an indictment in two counts; one charging him with unlawfully distilling, etc., prohibited liquor, the other with unlawfully being in possession, etc., of a still, etc., to be used for the purpose of manufacturing prohibited liquor.

The testimony offered on the part of the state was clear, direct, and positive, to the effect that appellant was guilty as charged; that on the part of appellant was of a nature that tended to refute same. The issues were plainly for the jury, and the general affirmative charges, as to each count, which were…