Dixon v. State

CATES, Judge.

The facts in this case can be summarized by an answer given by a Federal Alcohol Tax Unit investigator on cross examination, 'T only saw Mr. Dixon carrying a 100 pound sack of sugar and a five gallon can.”

Dixon was, on March 23, 1956, indicted by the Grand Jury of Marshall County of (1) distilling, and (2) possessing a still. He was tried on June 5, 1956. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty. The court, adjudging him guilty, sentenced him to the penitentiary for two years.

The tendency of the evidence for the State, which was adduced by two Federal Alcohol Tax Unit investigators,…