Lorman v. Commonwealth

'MILLJKEN, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of the illegal possession of liquor in dry territory, fined $50, and sentenced to thirty days in jail. No direct evidence was presented at the trial, and the appellant was convicted on circumstantial evidence alone, about which this court has said:

“* * * circumstantial evidence to sustain a conviction must be so unequivocal and incriminating as to exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence * * * ” and “ * * * circumstantial evidence as reasonably consistent with innocence as with guilt is insufficient to sustain conviction.” Abrams v. Com.,…