¶1 (dissenting) — It should be remembered that this is a criminal case and no man should be convicted of crime on suspicion or speculation. It would have been simple for the state to have shown that the so-called mash was such as would, in due course, make intoxicating liquor and was not innocent chicken feed. Also to have shown that the so-called still was designed for the purpose. The lack of such evidence, in my judgment, left the jury to speculate.
132 Wash. 363
232 P 278
State v. Hoffman
Decided January 9, 1925
Washington Supreme Court · decided 1925-01-09
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently January 1931
2 state decisions
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1925-01-09
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