State v. Metzger

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Buech, J.:

Otto Metzger was charged as a persistent violator of the liquor law, who maintained and assisted in maintaining a still. He was convicted and appeals. The contention is there was no evidence warranting an inference of guilt.

The still was found on the farm of defendant’s father-in-law, Rudy Kopf. The Kopf farm is south of a road. Defendant lives on a farm on the north side of the road and west of the Kopf farm. Defendant said he lived about half a mile from Kopf.

*153Defendant and his father-in-law had an illicit-liquor complex. In 1925 defendant…