Copley v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

— Reversing.

The appellant was indicted in the Boyd 'circuit court, charged with unlawfully manufacturing whisky. On his trial he was found guilty; his punishment toeing fixed at a fine of $500.00 and by confinement in the county jail for a period of 6 months.

A number of peace officers testified that they searched the home and certain outbuildings in the possession of appellant and found in his barn a moonshine still. After a number of officers had testified, the- attorney for the commonwealth admitted that .the search warrant and the affidavit on which it was…