King v. State

CATES, Judge.

King appeals from a judgment of conviction of possessing a still and sentence to serve two years in the penitentiary. After his motion for new trial was overruled, he submitted his appeal December 22, 1966.

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Two deputy sheriffs saw King come up to a stillyard with some jugs.

King first lit a burner under the still. The still pot was “charged” with mash. Second, he put about twenty gallons of water in the flake stand. Third, using “dough” [probably clay], he sealed the capper atop the pot. Then he adjusted the line which carried the vapor to the thumper and thence to the condenser…