Veasey v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale: punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

There was found in possession of the appellant two and one-half gallons of whisky. A still was also upon his premises. Appellant claimed in his testimony that he was suffering from rheumatism and was making whisky for medicinal purposes; that he had certain herbs which he intended to put into the whisky and use as a remedy for the disease mentioned. There is no affirmative evidence giving any other…