Burns v. State

Appellant was indicted and convicted for having made á “mash, wort, or wash fit for and to be used in the distillation of alcoholic, vinous, malt, spirituous, and fermented liquors,” and has appealed. No brief was filed on behalf of appellant; but the Attorney General has set out and discussed all the assignments of error contained in the motion for a new trial. These are, chiefly, that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain a conviction; and that error was committed in admitting testimony. These assignments of error will be discussed together.

The sheriff, accompanied by three deputies,…