Richards v. State

J. P. Bichards was convicted of having, controlling, and possessing intoxicating liquors. His motion for a new trial contained the usual general grounds, and two special grounds, one complaining of the admission of evidence, and the other of the charge of the court.

The evidence is undisputed that a deputy sheriff and others found a still, with fire burning in the furnace, and hot beer in the still, near a certain branch, and that they then followed the only traveled path leading from the still in the general direction of the defendant’s house a distance of one hundred and thirty-five steps,…