Sargent v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Richardson

Affirming.

Jobe and Lee ¡Sargent were jointly indicted at the February term, 1935, of the Laurel circuit court charged with stealing a horse, the property of John "Webb. At the same term of the court they were also jointly indicted charged with stealing a horse, the property of Luther MeKnight. They were tried under the two indictments at the same time. The jury’s verdict fix-ed the punishment of each at two years in the state reformatory, in each prosecution. The judgment sentencing them was entered accordingly from which they •appeal, insisting that the…