Hobdy v. State

The appellant was convicted for possessing a still. The evidence for the state tended to show that certain witnesses found at a house, where defendant was “reputed” to-live, a 10 or 12 gallon lard can which was smutty all over the bottom, a lid that went on the can, a pipe that fit a hole in the lid, 12 or 15 gallons of cane shimmings and meal, the kind of beer used for making whisky, that the beer, contained alcohol. The defendant was working in a field 150 or 200 yards from the house. He had been seen at the house once before, and went to the house and changed part of his clothing.

The owner…