Prather v. Commonwealth

Opinion óf the Court by

Judge McCandbess

Reversing.

T. B. Prather was convicted -of the crime of fraudulent conversion of trust funds and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years. On this -appeal he-urges as grounds for reversal that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence and that the court erred in its instructions to the jury on the defense of insanity.

It appears that appellant formerly was a prosperous and reputable real estate agent in the city of Somerset and as such negotiated the sale of a tract of land for Miss Mattie Johnson, who died in, the year…