Hendrix v. State

The indictment contained two counts. It charged distilling, etc., prohibited liquors, and also the possession of a still, etc., to be used for that purpose. There was a general verdict of guilty, as charged in the indictment, and the court sentenced the defendant to an indeterminate term of imprisonment in the penitentiary of three to five years. Judgment was pronounced and entered accordingly, from which this appeal was taken.

The indictment alleged the name of defendant to be “D, Hendrix,” and each count contained the additional averment, “whose name to the grand jury is otherwise unknown.”…