Simmons v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is manufacturing intoxicating liquor; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

After secreting themselves near a still, officers saw three men in the act of manufacturing intoxicating liquor. While these men were engaged in putting mash in the boiler appellant rode up on a horse. The officers’ testimony was to the effect that appellant asked the men at the still if they had gotten everything ready. Further, they testified that appellant said: “I have got this stuff sold and it will not be ready. If you do not like your job, I will hire some…