Chenault v. Commonwealth

CHIEE JUSTICE LEWIS

delivered the opinion op the court.

The offense of grand larceny, as charged in the in dictment, and of which appellants were convicted, consisted of stealing and carrying from a railroad depot ginseng of the value exceeding ten dollars, which the evidence shows was in two sacks'. One of the sacks was found empty, and identified by a witness; but there was no direct evidence connecting either defendant with stealing the sacks from the depot, nor was there any circumstance from which it can be fairly inferred they either stole or received from another the identical ginseng,…