Shuttles v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Affirming,

Appellant Shuttles, who was convicted in the Boyle circuit court for the crime of knowingly receiving stolen goods and his punishment fixed at five years’ confinement in the penitentiary, appeals to this court seeking a reversal of the judgment upon the grounds: (1) Variance between the averments in the indictment and the evidence; (2) the indictment was insufficient in several particulars; (3) the instructions of the court to the jury were erroneous.

The indictment accuses. Shuttles of feloniously receiving a large number of cartons of cigarettes…