Davis v. State

The indictment contained two counts. The first count charged the manufacture of prohibited liquors; the second count charged the possession of a still. The defendant was convicted under the first count.

The evidence for the state tended to show that the defendant and others were found operating a still. The'defendant ran off and was afterwards arrested.

The defense was an alibi.

There was evidence of the good character of the defendant.

It was permissible for the state to ask a state’s witness if he found the defendant at a still in 1922, that being the time the prosecution was laid, and the…