Rogers v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

The appellant was tried in the court below under an indictment charging him with the crime of. grand larceny, the subject of the larceny being eight chickens, the property of Sherman Collins, of greater value than $2.00. The trial resulted in a verdict finding appellant guilty and fixing his punishment at confinemnet in the penitentiary for the period of two years. He was refused a new trial and has appealed.

He complains: (1) That the indictment is fatally defective ip. failing to specify the number of chickens *818■stolen and the value of each; (2) of…