Cowan v. State

From a conviction in the county court of Dewey county on a charge of manufacturing whisky, the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, has appealed.

The only assignment of error argued in support of the appeal is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain' the verdict. Briefly stated, the evidence is about as follows: Certain officers went to the residence of the defendant, and found parts of a still at different places on his farm, and in a barrel near the hog pen a quantity of mash. No place was found where a still had been set up, and no whisky was found, although some empty…