Wright v. State

The accused was indicted for possessing intoxicating liquors. The sheriff testified that he found “a still" (and it may be assumed, for present purposes, that it was a whisky still) on another person’s land, from which a well-beaten path led to the home of the accused; that on approaching the house of the accused, who was a negro, he saw an unknown white man run from it, that on entering it the witness found that the accused was away from home, but his sister and another woman were present; that on searching the house he found a small quantity of whisky concealed between the mattresses on a…