Mowels v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Blaine county of the crime of unlawful possession of a still, and his punishment fixed by the jury at a fine of f 150 and imprisonment in the county jail for 60 days.

The evidence of the state was that the officers had a search warrant for the premises of Adam Weber; that they found the defendant in possession of a still, which he was operating, 93 barrels of mash, and some whisky.

Defendant contends that the state filed four cases against him; one for unlawful possession of a whisky still, one for unlawfully…