Villareal v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for possessing stills, mash and equipment for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicating liquor; punishment, one year in the penitentiary.

Upon search of appellant’s premises officers found a quantity of intoxicating liquor in an outhouse; and in some haystacks they found two stills.

The sufficiency of the affidavit for search warrant was attacked. It was in the usual form and contained the following statement: “It has been reported to us (affiants) that a distillery was seen at above described place, said distillery being in operation on the 10-18-28.” This seems in…