Purcell v. State

Appellant was indicted for possessing a still, was convicted, and has appealed. For the reversal of the judgment he first insists that the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence, 'and that the evidence was not legally sufficient to support the verdict.

The testimony on the part of the State was to the effect that appellant and three other men were found in possession of a still, which had been moved just after dark in a truck. Portions of the still had been unloaded from the truck and were being taken into an old field, and appellant was assisting. Appellant admits being in the truck,…