Elliott v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the district court of Panola county for unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquor, and his punishment assessed at one year in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that the sheriff and his deputies located a still, slipped up within a short distance thereof, and discovered the appellant and four or five other men near same, and upon the officers being discovered, all of the parties around said still ran, and the officers pursued them and discharged several shots, and some of the parties fleeing were wounded, but all escaped. The still was in…