West v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees —

Affirming.

Mark West -has been convicted of tbe crime of chicken stealing, and sentenced to a term of one year in the state penitentiary. On this appeal he argues that the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence, and the trial court erred in admitting incompetent evidence.

In December, 1931, eighteen chickens were stolen from John Sheperd in Pulaski County. About 7 o’clock in the morning, after the chickens were stolen, Charlie Cundiff met E. H. Weddle, a deputy sheriff, on the street in Somerset, and told him that two men were in an automobile parked on a…