Lemons v. State

The appellant appeals from a judgment of conviction under an indictment which charges that he “did unlawfully and feloniously manufacture, and was unlawfully and feloniously interested in the manufacture of alcoholic, vinous, malt, spirituous and fermented liquors and a compound or preparation thereof, commonly called tonics, bitters, or medicated liquors.”

The testimony on behalf of the State was to the effect that appellant rented a potato house from one Mrs. Julia Spain, for the purpose of storing his potatoes therein during the potato storage season for the years 1919 and 1920. The storage…