Connor v. State

The appellant was charged in the first count of the indictment with distilling and in the .second cpunt with having in his possession a still, etc., to be used for the purpose of manufacturing prohibited liquors. He was found guilty as charged in the second count.

The evidence for the state tended to show that a complete copper still of 50 or 60 gallons capacity was found in a cellar under the shed of defendant’s smokehouse. There were also in the cellar six 30-gallon barrels of beer in a state of fermentation. The top of the cellar was floored with one inch plank, and there was a trapdoor in…