Tramwill v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson—

Affirming.

Bethel Tramwill was indicted in the. Christian circuit court for the offense of horse stealing. On a trial of the case, he was found guilty and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary from two to ten years. He appeals.

The proof in the case was in substance as follows: W. D. Tramwill lives in Tennessee, not far from Clarksville. His horse, buggy and harness were stolen from his stable one.night. The next morning Bethel Tramwill had the horse, buggy and harness in Hopkinsville, and *625sold them to a man named Veach for $25. W. D. Tramwill…