Sebastian v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

O’Neal Sebastian was convicted of stealing a cow and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Appealing from the judgment of conviction, he argues that (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction; (2) his motion for a continuance should have been granted; (3) improper evidence was admitted and proper evidence was rejected; (4) he was entitled to a new trial; and (5) the verdict was the result of passion and prejudice.

*68The cow belonged to one J. R. Amon and had been pastured in a field bordering on the Kentucky River. The cow disappeared and in a search for…