Dickenson v. Commonwealth

Upon an indictment charging the accused with unlawfully manufacturing and storing ardent spirits, and with the illegal possession of ardent spirits at a place not his home, he has been convicted, fined $500.00, and sentenced to thirty days confinement in jail.

The facts shown by the Commonwealth are these: Two prohibition officers having been informed that a still was being operated in that neighborhood, went to. the home of the accused, searched it, and found no ardent spirits in his dwelling or outbuildings, but did find about four gallons of corn whiskey, in glass cans, hidden in some brush…