Ford v. State

The indictment contained two counts; the first charged the manufacture of prohibited liquors; the second charged the possession of a still. The defendant was convicted under the second count.

Certain officers went to the home of the defendant with a search warrant. They found no whisky in the house. They found in the barn a flake stand and some warm mash, from which whisky could be made. They found on his premises a complete whisky still of 100 gallons capacity, and in different places 13 1/2 gallons of whisky. The defendant was not at home, his wife, and a negro man who worked for the…