Boles v. State

The indictment was in two counts. The first charged that the defendant manufactured whisky, and the second that he unlawfully possessed a still, etc. There was verdict and judgment under the first count. There was evidence tending to prove the corpus delicti under both counts. of the indictment. In fact, there was no denial that a complete still, already set up, and recently operated, together with several barrels of fermented beer containing alcohol, was found by officers on an island in the Tennessee river in Limestone county.

The state then undertook to connect the defendant with the still…