State v. Joseph

Woods, Judge:

G. M. Josepli, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was indicted at the April term, 1924, of the circuit court of Mo-nongalia county under two counts-. (1) for owning, operating, maintaining, possessing and having an interest in a “moonshine” still, and (2) for aiding and abetting in the operation and maintenance thereof. At the trial the state elected to try on the first count of the indictment. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged in said count, and thereupon the defendant was adjudged to pay a fine and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary. He brings…