Clay v. State

The defendant was arrested while he was carrying a copper hoiler, which was a part of a still, suitable to be used in the manufacture of prohibited liquors.

It was admitted in evidence without objection that about 400 yards south from a shop owned and run hy a man named Tolbert, and on a branch, there were found'that morning two complete stills, but there is no evidence to connect this defendant with these stills, and none that he even knew these stills were there. This evidence would doubtless have been excluded on proper objection.

The defendant (a negro about 20 years of age) was, when…