Merdith v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

The grand jury, of Edmonson county, March 26, 1923, returned against the appellant, Turley Merdith, and his brother, Eugene Merdith, an indictment the accusatory part of which charges them with the offense of “unlawfully operating an illicit or moonshine still.” In its description of the offense meant by the accusation the indictment alleges that the defendants “did unlawfully operate an illicit or moonshine still by then and there manufacturing and attempting to manufacture spirituous liquors thereon;” and further, that the still or appliance so…