Burchfield v. State

The record in this case shows that certain officers raided a distillery where they found five men. One of the officers (Ivey) swore that “fire was in the still, full of beer, whisky running;” that “the still was in full operation, nothing to be done at that time, and nobody was at work. They were talking and the whisky running;” that he “crawled up behind three of the defendants, who were sitting right at the still on a raised place;” that he caught one of them (Jacobs) before they knew he was there; that the defendant Burchfield “jumped up and started off, but I pulled him back. He started…