Patterson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

Appellant was convicted of transporting intoxicating liquor, and insists that none of the evidence was admissible.

The evidence for the Commonwealth may be summarized as follows: The sheriff and his two deputies, who had warrants for the arrest of other parties, went to a place in Clinton county known as Brown’s Cross Roads. While waiting there, they saw a light coming down the hill and went to meet the light. When the man carrying the light came near, they flashed their light on him, and his horse shied and turned in the opposite direction. The…