Moody v. State

The defendant was in possession of a stone jar, in which he had placed some malt, a shoe last, and about six gallons of water. He put it aside in the hope that it would ferment, thereby making a beverage with an alcoholic content. Before defendant drank -any of the concoction, the sheriff and two deputies, armed with a search warrant, searched defendant’s home, and found the jar and contents. They called it “home brew,” and testified that it had fermented and contained alcohol. Tlie defendant testified that he had put it up on Wednesday morning, that at the time it was found by the officers…