Roach v. State

McHaNey, J..Appellant and one William Neighbors were jointly charged in separate indictments for manufacturing intoxicating liquor and possessing a still. Neighbors pleaded guilty, and assumed all responsibility for both offenses. ' Appellant was tried on both indictments, acquitted of possessing a still, convicted of manufacturing liquor, and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.

The only error urg*ed for a reversal of the case is that the court should have instructed a verdict in his favor because of the lack of any substantial evidence to support a conviction. In determining this…