Carter v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for possessing mash and equipment for manufacturing intoxicating liquor, punishment being one year in the penitentiary.

Officers had received information which caused them to be watching a vacant house. One Holder was seen near the house where he picked up a piece of tin or sheet iron and went with it into the brush not far away. An officer followed to a point from which could be heard “talking, mumbling and hammering on something.” Appellant was seen to be working around a still as if adjusting a burner. When the officers made their presence known Holder and…