Rice v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge. —

Conviction in District Court of Rains County for possessing a still and equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor, punishment two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant was found in possession of two stills, according to the undisputed testimony of the state, one a copper still, the other made of tin; also he had a copper coil or worm and a barrel with four or five gallons of sour meal and a small quantity of beer in it. At his well was a keg capable of holding twelve or fifteen gallons. It was in testimony that by making a hole in this keg and connecting the coil…