Ellard v. State

Where, upon the trial of one indicted for the offense of “manufacturing liquor for that the said accused . . did . . unlawfully . . manufacture and make alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, malt and mixed liquors and beverages, some part of which was alcoholic, contrary to the laws of said State,” it appears from the evidence that the defendant, in company with three other men, was seen, by the sheriff of the county at a still located in the county, to pour beer from one barrel to another; that there was only beer at the still—no *496whisky— but that the beer was a requisite ingredient in the…