Roberts v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

David Eugene Roberts received a sentence of one year’s confinement following his conviction for grand larceny. He insists that: (1) A continuance should have been granted; (2) the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict; and (3) a new trial should have been granted because of newly discovered evidence.

Appellant was indicted in the Warren Circuit Court at its September 1957 term. He was charged with the stealing of an automobile owned by Bob Hardy, Jr. When the case was called for trial at the January 1958 term of the court, he moved for a continuance because his…