Wellman v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

Under an indictment charging him with grand larceny by taking certain brass fixtures, the property of the Louisa Water & Improvement Company, of the value of more than $20.00, the appellant, Wellman, was found guilty by a jury and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years.

On this appeal he asks a reversal of the judgment, first, because the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the verdict, and second, because the court erred in failing to give an instruction on the subject of petit larceny.

The evidence fofi the…