RICH v. COMMONWEALTH


305 S.W.2d 771 (1957)

Shirley RICH and Verdon Stewart, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. T. Burchell, Manchester, for appellants.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., H. D. Reed, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Lyttle, Commonwealth Atty., Manchester, for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

Upon their joint trial, the appellants, Shirley Rich and Verdon Stewart, were convicted of the crime of chicken stealing as denounced by KRS 433.250(4), and were sentenced to prison for a term of two years. As grounds for reversal they urge that the court erred: (1) In failing to direct a verdict acquitting them of the offense charged; (2) in admitting incompetent and prejudicial testimony over their...

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