Commonwealth v. Ferguson

Opinion by

Fine, J.,

Ira Ferguson was. tried by a jury on two indictments charging him with larceny of chickens and found guilty. He appeals from the judgment of the court below dismissing his motion for a new trial (123 September Term 1946), contending: (1) there was no evidence of the corpus delicti independent of his admissions and confessions and, therefore, the trial judge, erred in refusing his motion for a directed verdict, and (2) the trial judge erred in overruling his objections to the admission in evidence-of statements and admissions by him at a time when no proof of the corpus…