Cyrus v. State

Appellant was convicted under an indictment returned September 14, 1922, which charged him with unlawfully possessing a still for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor for use in violation of the laws of this State.

The indictment was predicated upon the statute as it existed at that time (Acts 1921 p. 736, §8356d Burns’ Supp. 1921.) The part of said statute relating to the possession of stills, etc., has been superseded by Acts 1923 p. 107.

The title of the act upon which the indictment was predicated stated that it was an Act to amend certain sections of an Act entitled, “An Act prohibiting…