Mendoza

Defendant Antone Mendoza, together with Frank Barbosa, was charged by information with the violation of chapter 277, Statutes of 1927, page 497, in that on or about the fourteenth day of November, 1928, they were the owners of and had an interest in and operated a still designed and intended for use in the manufacture and production of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. This is an appeal on behalf of defendant Mendoza from the judgment of conviction.

The only point urged for reversal is that the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence. There is no merit in the appeal. The evidence shows that on May 14, 1928, appellant, accompanied by his wife, drove up to a certain house situated in Alameda County, turned into an alleyway and then drove their car into a garage situated on the premises. A police officer had entered the house the previous evening and had remained there over night. But for the presence of a still, some manufactured whisky and a large amount of grain mash and a mattress, the house was ■ vacant. After driving into the garage appellant entered the •premises by means of a key and was confronted by the officer. Upon…