Edens v. Commonwealth

The accused and one Raymond Baker were jointly indicted by a grand jury in the Circuit Court of Scott county for violation of the prohibition law.

The defendants elected to be tried separately, and Joseph Edens, with whom we are concerned, was convicted of manufacturing ardent spirits while armed, and sentenced to confinement in the county jail for a period of twelve months. From that judgment of the trial court a writ of error was awarded him upon his petition, in which five grounds of error are assigned.

The first assignment is to the action of the trial court in overruling the demurrer to…