United States v. Clarence v. Phillips

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

In this moonshine case Defendant was found guilty of possessing and controlling “a still and distilling apparatus for the production of spirituous liquors set up without having the same registered as required by law” in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 5179(a) and 5601(a). 1 His sentence was suspended, and he was placed on probation for two years without supervision. The only issue on this appeal is whether the equipment Defendant had in his possession constituted a still. Or, in legal jargon, was the evidence sufficient to support the conviction? We find the evidence…