Summerville v. State

“Under the prohibition law (Ga. L. Ex. Sess. 1917, p. 18) declaring it a felony to ‘distill, manufacture, or make any . . liquors or beverages, any part of which is alcoholic,' the act of making an intoxicating beer, through the fermentation of syrup, corn meal, and water mixed for that purpose, is of itself an offense as complete and distinct as the further act of distilling from such beer a quantity of alcohol, whisky, or rum. Williams v. State, 24 Ga. App. 53 (2) (99 S. E. 711).” Belcher v. State, 25 Ga. App. 493 (1) (103 S. E. 852). Therefore, it was necessary here to prove only the…