Court Opinion

ID: 3242801
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-05 16:15:48.776107+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:40:40.197848
License: Public Domain

It is first insisted that the verdict as recited in the minute entry will not support a conviction, for that the last letter in the word "men" is omitted. The minute entry reads: "Thereupon came a jury of good and lawful me, to wit," etc., naming the foreman and 11 others. This is a self-correcting error. The omission is so patently clerical, not affecting the validity of the verdict, as to need no discussion.
It is next insisted that the evidence fails to show the possession of a still, or parts of a still, suitable to be used for manufacturing whisky. The sheriff and his deputy described the outfit found in defendant's possession, and, after qualifying as to his knowledge of such things, testified that when the parts found were put together, they would constitute a complete whisky still, and that it was suitable for making whisky. The possession of a similar outfit was held to sustain a conviction in Griggs v. State, 18 Ala. App. 467, 93 So. 499. The question for the jury.
We find no error in the record, and the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.