White v. State

1. The circumstances in proof sufficiently established the corpus delicti. The utensils, with the accompanying paraphernalia, as well as the evidence of mash and beer and smoke, the unmistakable odor of whisky which had been spilled, and the extreme seclusion of the spot, which by its signs presented many indicia of having been selected as a sylvan sanctuary of Bacchus, preclude the inference that so many circumstances of obvious import could have occurred fortuitously. Nor is it reasonable to suppose that the presence of “the still” was due to chance or accident, in transportation, since it…