Lucas v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Justice.

Appellant, Vester Lucas, was convicted of the crime of fraudulently selling, concealing or disposing of personal property upon which there was a mortgage.of record. See KRS 434.210. His punishment was fixed at one year’s imprisonment in the penitentiary. The sole ground urged for reversal is that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction.

It is not in dispute that Luca's executed a chattel mortgage on February 8, 1950, to Hugo Marx to secure a note of the same date for $1,175.50, representing the purchase price of 8 steers. The mortgage was promptly recorded in…