Branam v. State

Appellant, with three others, by an affidavit in three counts, was charged: (1) With the unlawful possession; (2) with the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor; and (3) with unlawfully having in his control and use a still for the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor. §§2717, 2719 Burns 1926, Acts 1925 p. 144, ch. 48, §§4, 6. Trial by a jury, finding of guilty on the possession charge, and not guilty as to each of the other two charges. The overruling of his motion for a new trial is assigned as error. Verdict contrary to law for want of evidence to sustain it is the question we…