Langford v. Commonwealth

Harper Green Langford, at the July term of the Circuit Court of Charlotte county, was convicted of *882violating the prohibition law. A jury fixed his punishment at four years confinement in the penitentiary. That verdict was confirmed by the trial court and its judgment is now before us on a writ of error.

The indictment contains two counts. In the first he is charged with the unlawful manufacture of ardent spirits and in the second with the possession without permit of a still. Each of these counts contains a^ charge of previous conviction.

The defendant moved to quash on the ground that his…