Rice v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted .in the. District Court of Grayson County for unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating. liquors, and his punishment assessed at one year ,in the penitentiary. • •

The record discloses, that the sheriff and his deputy, .at night, discovered a still in operation and, upon approaching the scene, found the appellant and one Roy Shivés-asleep on a-pallet within a. few feet of said still. The sheriff, Miles, testified for the state that when he arrived upon the scene of action said Shivés remarked, “Well, you fellows have caught us,” and requested that they wait…