State v. Medlin

Those who engage in the unlawful act of manufacturing intoxicating liquors do not set up signs with index fingers pointing to the location of the still, or mash, or products of distillation. Almost always, unless the party is found in the act, conviction depends in large measure on circumstantial evidence; and for that reason each case is sui generis. We need not expect to pull out of the card index cases exactly on all fours with that under review. However, examination of the following cases which deal with comparable circumstances will, we think, fully sustain the conclusion reached by the…