Lunsford v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Canadian county of having the possession of a still and was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and to serve six months in the county jail.

Certain officers discovered a still on the premises of one Warren. They laid in wait for a day or more until defendant came to the place, and, according to the state’s testimony, put his hand on a part of the still, picked up a sack from a barrel of mash, shook it and placed it over the barrel, and, when the officers made their presence known, he started to run.…