Hunt v. Commonwealth

WADDILL, Commissioner.

William Hunt is appealing from a judgment sentencing him to prison for two years upon his conviction for storehouse breaking. KRS 433.190. He assigns as error the rejection of his plea of former jeopardy and his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal.

During the night of November 11, 1958, the storehouse of the Capitol Aluminum Company was broken into and certain property was stolen, including a check-writing machine, a typewriter and an adding machine. Two separate indictments were returned against appellant, one charging grand larceny and the other storehouse…