Hill v. State

SAMFORD, Judge.

The defendant and one other, being indicted separately in indictments charging in the first count distilling whisky and in the second count with being in possession of a still, by consent were tried jointly.

On the trial, the defendant, alone, was convicted on the first count of the indictment of the offense of an attempt to manufacture prohibited liquors, and his fine was fixed at $50, to which the court added an additional punishment of six months at hard labor.

On the trial and on the cross-examination of the -defendant while he was being examined as a witness, the solicitor…