Poythress v. State

The defendant was convicted of the offense of manufacturing whisky. The evidence disclosed that he was approaching a whisky still in the daytime, but that before he reached it the officers called to him and he ran and got away. As he ran he whistled and “hollered.” Soon afterwards the officers heard pojnpbpdy whistling; they whisfled back, and the defendant’s S9P approached the still and was arrested. The still was about a mile from the defendant’s home and was not on his land. The State introduced documentary evidence showing that the defendant had previously been twice convicted, once for…