Benson v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for possessing equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor; punishment, one year in the penitentiary.

Officers testified that they found a complete still in operation, also a mash barrel from which the mash had been emptied. Whisky was running into a jar out of the still. There was a coil, a cooker, and a fire under the latter. Two persons were present at the time, one of whom was appellant. Appellant made the statement there that this was his outfit, and that the other person had nothing to do with it. Appellant said he had a bunch of kids and did not want…