Powers v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Tate county. Hon. E. I). Dinkins, Judge. J. M. Powers ivas convicted of feloniously manufacturing intoxicating liquors, and lie appeals. We contend that the evidence is wholly insufficient to sustain a conviction, that it barely raises a suspicion of appellant’s guilt.
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Appeal from circuit court of Tate county. Hon. E. I). Dinkins, Judge. J. M. Powers ivas convicted of feloniously manufacturing intoxicating liquors, and lie appeals. We contend that the evidence is wholly insufficient to sustain a conviction, that it barely raises a suspicion of appellant’s guilt. There is no evidence even tending to show a conspiracy between appellant and his co-defendant or any one else to engage in the making of whiskey; there is no evidence to show that he was ever at the still or ever saw it; to take the testimony of the state’s main witness at its full face value as we…
1Opinion of the CourtSam C. Cook, P. J.
The appellant, defendant below, was indicted together with one Jesse Stribbling for “feloniously manufacturing intoxicating liquors.” A severance was granted, and the appellant was convicted,, and he was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of one month, wherefore this appeal.
We do not believe that we should go into the details of the evidence, but we will merely state that the evidence connecting the defendant with the manufacture of intoxicating liquors was entirely circumstantial. No one claims to have seen the defendant actively engaged in the making of the liquor.
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