Case Name: Taylor v. Commonwealth
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1927-10-04
Citations: 221 Ky. 216
Docket Number: 
Parties: Taylor v. Commonwealth.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 221
Pages: 216–217

Head Matter:
Taylor v. Commonwealth.
(Decided October 4, 1927.)
C. F. SEE, JR., for appellant.
FRANK E. DAUGHERTY, Attorney General, and MOORMAN DITTO, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Logan
Reversing.
The appellant was convicted on the charge of manufacturing intoxicating liquors. The evidence upon which his conviction was^ based was obtained through a search warrant issued on an affidavit made by George Carter, in which he stated that he had been told by a reliable citizen a few minutes before he made the affidavit that appellant had a moonshine still under the floor of his dwelling house. It is urged by appellant that the affidavit was insufficient, and, as there was no evidence other than that obtained under the search warrant, the lower court should have given the jury an instruction to find the appellant not guilty. The appellant is right in his contention. It was so held by this court in the case of Hammond v. Com., 218 Ky. 791, 292 S. W. 316, and Derefield v. Com., 221 Ky. 173, 298 S. W. —.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.