Commonwealth v. Stringer

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Certifying the law.

This appeal is prosecuted by the Commonwealth from a judgment discharging appellees, entered on a directed verdict. The indictment accuses appellees of the crime of manufacturing whiskey by the operation of a moonshine still. Only four witnesses were called by the Commonwealth to sustain the charge; two of these were admittedly -accomplices, while the evidence given by the other two was meagre and in some parts irrelevant. The ' Stringer boys lived with their father on a hilly farm some miles from the county seat. According to the…