Ramey v. Commonwealth

Prentis, J.,

delivered the opinión of the court.

The accused has been convicted under an indictment charging him with unlawfully manufacturing ardent spirits, and is here assigning, among other errors, that the verdict should have been set aside because unsupported by the evidence.

Three witnesses were introduced by the Commonwealth. This is a summary of their testimony: The deputy sheriff, with two others, went to the home of the mother of the accused, in Scott county, where he and his half brother, Barney Farmer, also lived. The accused was not then seen there, but Barney Farmer was there and…