Buchanan v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Rees

Reversing.

Robert Buchanan was jointly indicted with Dallas Hughes for the crime of grand larceny, and upon his separate trial was convicted and Ms punishment fixed at confinement in the state reformatory for a period of two years. He seeks a reversal of the judgment on three grounds: (1) The trial court erred in overruling his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal; (2) incompetent evidence was admitted over his objections and exceptions; and (3) the trial court erred in failing to admonish the jury as to the purpose and effect of evidence…