State v. Pinto

In the Circuit Court of Macon County the defendant was charged with feloniously manufacturing one-half gallon of intoxicating liquor commonly known as “corn whiskey.” On a trial before a jury, July 3, 1924, he was found guilty, and his punishment assessed at three months in the county jail. He appealed from the judgment thereupon rendered.

I. It is earnestly insisted by the appellant that a case was not made out, and his demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained.

The Sheriff of Macon County, William Banta, armed with what he thought was a search warrant, went to the premises of the…