Zimmerman v. Commonwealth

Robert Zimmerman was, on the 26th day of January, 1926, tried and convicted upon two indictments charging violations of the prohibition law. Iiidietment No. 1 charged Zimmerman with unlawfully and feloniously manufacturing ardent spirits. Indictment No. 2 charged him with manufacturing ardent spirits, and, at the time of such manufacture, that he did feloniously carry on his person, within 100 yards of the place where the ardent spirits were being feloniously manufactured, a firearm, to-wit, a pistol. By consent, the indictments were tried together.

On the first indictment, .the jury fixed the…