Lafollette v. Commonwealth

EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Judge.

On June 4, 1971, the appellants were by a jury found guilty of hog stealing, and their punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary. From that judgment of conviction they bring this appeal.

On March 15, 1971, Jack Marsh and his father observed two men running from the Marsh barn carrying something in gunny sacks. Marsh observed the men throw the sacks into a brown car and leave. Following in a car, Marsh saw five men, whom he could not identify, in the car. He made a note of their license number and then turned around to return to the barn to see what was…