Old Lewis Hunter Distillery Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Creal, Commissioner—

Reversing.

Under a joint indictment charging the Old Lewis Hunter Distillery Company, a corporation, and Paul Thompson and Lovell Jett, with the offense of maintaining a common nuisance, all the defendants have been found guilty, and by verdict and judgment have been jointly fined in the sum of $400, and they are appealing.

One of the grounds urged for reversal is that the indictment did not charge a public offense, and therefore the demurrer to it should have been sustained; but this ground is wholly wanting in merit, since the indictment in the…