Parsons v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The conviction is for the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year., The State’s testimony is sufficient to establish the commission of the offense by the appellant.

Appellant testified that he had made no whisky but was preparing to do so for medicinal purposes, giving details with reference to tuberculosis and other ailments for which it was desired to use the whisky.

Under the present statute, it was not necessary to the validity of the indictment that it contain an averment negativing…