Short v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Turner, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Appellant and one Kirk were jointly indicted charged with the unlawful manufacture, of spirituous liquors.

On his .separate trial appellant was found' guilty and has appealed. •

The facts disclosed by the evidence for the Commonwealth are that the sheriff, a deputy sheriff and a constable of the county, armed with a warrant for the arrest of one Hilmanberg charged with a misdemeanor, went'to the home or reputed home of Hilmanberg 'in a remote section of the county, about dusk one evening, to execute the warrant. Hilmanberg had the title to…