State v. Owens

Miller, Judge:

To the judgment below imposing upon defendant a fine of $500.00 and costs, and that he be confined in the penitentiary for two years, for the offense for which he was indicted and found guilty by the jury, we awarded him the present writ of error.

The indictment charges defendant with unlawfully and feloniously owning, operating, maintaining, possessing and having an interest in a moonshine still as defined in the statutes relating to such offenses; and the verdict was guilty as charged.

The only evidence connecting defendant with the moonshine still in question was that of James…