Belson v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Falls County for manufacturing intoxicating liquor, and his punishment assessed at one year in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that the officers raided appellant’s residence and premises, and found in an outhouse a still, some barrels, and what the state’s witnesses contended was corn whiskey, and which the state’s chemist, who analyzed two bottles of it, found to contain 7.75 and 10.65 per cent respectively of alcohol per volume. The defendant denied any knowledge of any still, barrels and of the alleged whiskey being in…