Francis v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquor is the offense; penalty, confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year.

According to peace officers, the appellant and another boy by the name of Elmer Ward were observed doing some work about a still. The owner of the still had been previously arrested and placed in jail. The appellant and his companion were arrested while about the still.

On the trial the appellant introduced testimony on the issue of a suspended sentence. It was shown by a number of witnesses that he had lived in the community since his early…