Smith v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense, the unlawful possession of a still for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor; penalty, one year in the penitentiary.

The incriminating facts proven against appellant were briefly as follows: Officers searched the residence and premises of appellant from which he was at the time moving. They found a whiskey worm up in the loft of his house. Across the road, and at a distance of some 130 steps, they found a still, which held about thirty gallons. A trail led from appellant’s house to this still. It had rained the night before and in the trail were fresh tracks which from…