Taylor v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

— Offense, the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor; penalty, four years in the penitentiary.

Searching officers approached the house of appellant and stopped where he was shining the lenses of his car. From this point they looked into appellant’s house a few feet away and saw a still. There was a fire burning under the still, which was connected with a gasoline pressure tank. The testimony was that these pressure tanks made considerable noise and the officers could hear them burning before they got to the automobile. When the officers first walked up, appellant said, “By…