Hiner v. State

Appellant was charged with unlawfully possessing a still and distilling apparatus for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor. (Acts 1923 p. 107.) The trial was before the court, which found appellant guilty of the charge. Motion for a new trial for the reasons that the finding of guilty is not sustained by sufficient • evidence, and is contrary to law, and error in the admission of evidence, was overruled. Judgment upon the finding.

The evidence most favorable to the finding of guilty is, that a fire occurred December 29, 1923, on the second floor of the dwelling house at 1020 North Illinois…