Teater v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

Lewis Teater was convicted of felonious detention', under section 1158, Ky. Statutes, and his punishment fixed at two years in the state penitentiary. On this-appeal it is urged that he was entitled to a peremptory-instruction to find him not guilty.

Walter Murphy and Lewis Teater are agricultural tenants living in the same neighborhood. Sarah, Belle Murphy, wife of Walter, testifies that on the morn-of the 6th of August, 1925, Teater came to her home,, entering the front door and walking out into the kitchen where she was washing dishes, there…