Guidry v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for manufacturing intoxicating liquor, punishment being one year and a day in the penitentiary.

Officers of Jefferson County discovered appellant operating a still across a bayou in Hardin County. The prosecution was in Jefferson County. The court told the jury that an offense committed on the boundary of two counties, or within 400 yards thereof could be prosecuted in either county, (Art. 190 C. C. P., Rev. Stat. 1925,) and required them to find that the offense was committed in Jefferson County or within 400 yards of the boundary. No objection was interposed to…