Hutson v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of unlawfully possessing equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor, and his punishment assessed at one and one-half years in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that a constable observed the appellant making whiskey in a fifty-gallon oil barrel, with the whiskey running out into a jug; and that there were eight barrels of mash around the still, in addition to empty barrels that had previously contained mash. It was the contention of the appellant, and he so testified, that an acquaintance of his had told him where he might obtain a drink…