Smith v. State

88 So. 51, 17 Ala. App. 610, 1920 Ala. App. LEXIS 226

Opinion

MERRITT, J.

The defendant was convicted of the offense of distilling or manufacturing alcoholic or spirituous liquors, and was sentenced to tne penitentiary for an indeterminate term of not less than 15 months nor more than 18 months.

[1] There was evidence in the case from which the jury could find the defendant guilty, and the evidence to that end, and that of the defendant, was in conflict. Of course, the general charge for the defendant was, under such circumstances, properly refused.

[2] The witness Carroll testified on direct examination that the defendant was firing the still, that Blakey, the other party there with defendant, was handling the bottles, that the still was in operation, and identified some jugs of whisky he and the sheriff obtained from this still.

In the light of this, if not primarily, it was clearly competent for the state to ask him: “All you know about it is, they were both running the still.” Neither was there any reversible error for failing to exclude the answer to this question.

We find no error in the record, and the judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.