Dawson v. State

The indictment in this case was in two counts, charging, first, the manufacture of prohibited liquor, and, second, the possession of a still. The jury returned a verdict of guilty under the second count.

When arrested defendant was in the woods in the act of digging a hole which, it was testified, was suitable for the placing of a still furnace. In different directions and at varying distances from this hole the parts of a still and a barrel containing alcoholic beer were found, concealed by bushes. The defendant offered no evidence in contradiction of these facts or in denial of the charge.

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