Haynes v. State

The appellant was indicted in two counts; the first charging that he manufactured prohibited liquors, and the second that he had in his possession a still to be used for the purpose of manufacturing such liquors.

The evidence was circumstantial. A still was found buried in appellant’s pasture, in a hole 2% feet deep and about 75 yards from his residence. There were 11 barrels of beer or slop near there. The state’s evidence tended to show that this still had been buried for two months or- longer. Another still with about a half gallon of malt or slop in it and smoked on the outside, was found…