Hammons v. State

A dismantled still was found by the sheriff and his associates some distance from the home of this defendant, and about 200 yards from < where the still was found the searching party also found a furnace, in the woods, near which there were some barrels containing mash or beer. The state’s witnesses were uncertain as to the distance these things were found from the defendant’s house, but there was one witness who actually stepped the distance, with the sole view of ascertaining how far it was from defendant’s house, and this witness testified it was 715 or 720 steps from the place where the…