State v. . Journegan

The defendant, a white man, and two negroes were found by the officers at a copper still actively engaged in the manufacture of whiskey. They had two barrels of beer, some jugs, a bushel of meal in a bag, and two empty barrels. One of the negroes, Percy Mitchell, on being examined for the State, testified that he, Harry Alston, and the defendant Journegan were at the still at the time the officers came up. They ran before the officers reached them, but Percy Mitchell was caught while running off by Mr. Fuller, one of the officers, and he was permitted to testify that he told Fuller who were…