Leedy v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless — ■

Reversing.

Pharoah. Leedy was convicted of the unlawful manufacture of spirituous liquor. The evidence for the commonwealth as given by a deputy 'sheriff is in narrative form. It is as follows:

■ £<I know the defendant, Pharoah Leedy. In Pike county, Ky., and within one year next before the finding of this, indictment, I saw the defendant, Pharoah Leedy, at a place near the- home of said Leedy and about 400 or 500 yards from the home of the said Leedy, and there were two barrels of mash made up, and it was the kind of material used in the manufacture…