People v. Nanninga

Defendant was convicted of a violation of the liquor law, under an information of one count, charging that:

“He did unlawfully manufacture * * * and was then and there engaged in the business of manufacturing whisky, and was then and there in possession of certain still, kettles, pails, coils, rye, sugar and a quantity of sour corn mash, all of the same being implements and ingredients used in the manufacture of whisky.”

There was found upon the premises of defendant a large copper kettle with an iron band around the top firmly fixed with hooks and bolts, designed to hold the cover in place on…