Weigart v. State

JOHNSON, Judge.

The appellant, Leonard Weigart, was tried under an indictment returned by the Grand Jury of Lauderdale County charging him with manufacturing whiskey and possession of a still. He was convicted and sentenced for the possession of a still. Hence, this appeal.

Three law enforcement officers, Jim Lusk, Investigator in charge of the Alcoholic Tax Unit of the Revenue Service for the United States, Lauderdale County, Chief Deputy Sheriff George McCorkle, and Alabama Beverage Control Agent Penny Summers, made a raid on a still in Lauderdale County on July 7, 1963, at a point about two…