Bartley v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Reversing.

The appellant was indicted for the offense of unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquors, and from the judgment of conviction unde.r such indictment he brings this appeal.

The evidence shows that, armed with a search .warrant, the officers of the law .went to Bartley’s home and there made a search. They discovered in the barn a cap, a worm and some beer, and in a little drain back of the house on the edge of the woodland a “stove still.” No whiskey was discovered. The evidence further shows that the appellant’s reputation as an illicit…