Terhune v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Hurt—

Affirming.

Ralph Terhune, a boy about 18 years of age, was indicted for a violation of section 1201c, Kentucky Statutes. Upon a trial the jury found him to be guilty of stealing fowls of less value than two dollars, and therefore he was adjudged guilty of petty larceny. A new *239trial being refused, he has appealed and seeks a reversal of the judgment upon the grounds that the court erred to the prejudice of his substantial rights, (1) in overruling his motion for a directed verdict in his favor and (2) in the admission of incompetent evidence against him…