Collins v. State

Defendant was indicted on two charges. The first count charged that he did distill, etc., alcoholic liquors, etc., and the second that he unlawfully possessed a still to be used in the manufacture of liquor. The court, at the request of defendant, gave the general charge as to the first count, which charged manufacturing.

The recitals in the judgment show a plea to the first count of the indictment, which charged "distilling," but no plea is shown to have been filed, either by the defendant or the court for him, to the second count. The verdict of the jury was, "We, the jury, find the…