Wiley v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

On Saturday night, November 14, 1931, the tobacco barn of Thomas Henry Clay, located on a farm in Bourbon county, Ky., was broken into, and a quantity of tobacco was taken therefrom. Later the grand jury of the county indicted appellant, accusing him of committing the crime. At his trial thereon he was convicted and punished by confinement in the penitentiary for one year. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and from that order and the judgment pronounced thereon he prosecutes this appeal. His counsel urge as grounds for reversal: (1) That…