State v. Cook

Lively, Judge:

Defendant was convicted of owning, operating, maintaining and having in his possession a moonshine still, and, on May 24, 1921, was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for two years; and he prosecutes this writ of error.

Defendant lived on a farm, formerly owned by his father, lying near the divide between the West Fork and Pond Fork of Little Coal Biver. . A public road ran about 200 yards from the house along a ridge, from which the house and farm could be plainly seen. A public pass-way, commonly traveled led up to defendant’s premises from the hollow below and passed…