Trahan v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale is the offense; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

Five barrels of mash, ten or twelve gallon bottles of liquor, one barrel with a brass coil in it, and a still of forty or fifty gallon capacity were found upon the premises of the appellant. He was not at the still at the time the raid was made, but, according to the witnesses, he had been there a few minutes before and was near the place at the time. Appellant made a confession which was introduced in evidence…