Stafford v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Reversing.

Appellant, John Stafford, was convicted of unlawfully manufacturing whiskey and prosecutes this appeal from tbe judgment entered against him imposing a fine of $100.00 and imprisonment for sixty days as Ms punishment.

Prom the testimony for the Commonwealth the officers who discovered the evidence upon which appellant was convicted did so while searching his premises under a search warrant. The search warrant was not introduced in evidence nor was its loss accounted for and its contents proved. Hence, upon appellant’s motion the trial court should…