Law v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is possession of a still and mash for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicating liquor; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Operating under a search warrant, officers searched appellant’s garage and found therein a fifty gallon still and a quantity of whiskey mash. The still was in operation at the time. Appellant made a voluntary written confession which, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows:

“My name is Robert Law. I am forty years old. I am married and have a wife and one child. I am buying the place here where you found me cooking…