Commonwealth v. Shouse

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Logan

Certifying the law.

Milton Shouse, the appellee, was indicted by the .grand jury of Shelby county for the crime of grand larceny committed by stealing from R. L. Doyle and Hart Wallace four jersey calves. At the conclusion of the evidence introduced by the commonwealth on the trial, the trial court peremptorily instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of Shouse. The chief witness for the commonwealth was one Orbie Nethery, who was an accomplice. The sole question was whether his evidence was corroborated as is required by section 241 of the Criminal…