Ellis v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Turner, Commissioner — ■

Reversing.

The two appellants, together with one Creen, were charged in an indictment with jointly having in possession an illicit still, or equipment or apparatus designed for the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquors. On the joint trial of the two appellants they were each found guilty, and their motion for a new trial having been overruled, they appeal.

Several grounds for reversal are urged, most of which occurred upon the trial, and will not likely occur again, but because of the error of the court in refusing *163to grant appellants a new…