Reese v. State

CARR, Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of illicit distilling. Title 29, Sec. 103, Code 1940.

The brevity of this opinion will not indicate any indifference to the very able and comprehensive brief filed by the Assistant Attorney General.

The sufficiency of the evidence to base a conviction on was not tested by the request for the affirmative charge, and, had it been, the propriety of its refusal would be apparent.

Several officers testified that from an unobstructed vantage point they observed the appellant working at a still. He was being assisted by three or four other…