Ray v. State

The indictment here was brought under section 1993, Code 1930, and charged that appellant “did then and there, knowingly, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously own, have in his. possession and under his control an integral part of a distillery commonly called a still,” etc.

There was no evidence of ownership of the still. It was being watched by the officers, witnesses for the state, and while they were shifting their position, when they again sighted the still, they saw appellant standing thereby with one hand on it. The still was not on appellant’s land or close thereto. Appellant saw the…