Hicks v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is manufacturing intoxicating liquor; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Operating under a search warrant, officers went to appellant’s residence and instituted a search for intoxicating liquor. They found a whisky still in operation in appellant’s garage. Appellant and one Chapman were present at the time the search was made. In the garage, in addition to the still, the officers found a quantity of whisky and mash. Whisky was dripping from the worm into a jar. There was a fire under the still. Speaking of the still, one of the officers…