Moore v. Commonwealth

The accused has been found guilty of a violation of the prohibition law (Laws 1918, c. 388), and is here assigning a single error—that is, that the evidence is insufficient to justify the conviction.

[1] It is not necessary to recite all of the testimony, though there is little conflict. It appears that two police officers of the city of Norfolk procured a search warrant, authorizing a search of the premises of the accused for intoxicating liquors. No such liquor was found in the dwelling, but in the back yard, within the curtilage, they found in the garage about one gallon of corn whiskey,…