Commonwealth v. Speer

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Defendants were jointly indicted on June 6, 1944, on two counts charging (1) the fortifying, adulteration, or contamination of liquors, contrary to section 603 of the Liquor Control Act of November 29, 1933, P. L. 15, Bp. Sess., art. 6, as reenacted and amended, 47 PS §744 — 603; 1 and (2) the manufacture and blending of alcoholic liquor, in violation of section 3 of the Act of February 19, 1926, P. L. 16, as amended, 47 PS §123.

At the conclusion of the Commonwealth’s case, defendants demurred to the evidence. The trial judge sustained the demurrer and discharged…