Todora v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is possession of a still for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicating liquor; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for four years.

Officers testified that on February 1, 1930, they searched a house at 2218 Morgan Street in the city of Houston and found 140 gallons of whisky, a large still, which was in operation at the time, and a quantity of mash. Appellant’s 12-year-old son was filling up the mash barrel and pumping mash into the still when the officers appeared. A woman with a baby was present with the boy. The officers testified the woman was…