Loyall v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

— Affirming.

The appellant having been jointly indicted with Robert Thompson and charged with committing the offense of grand larceny, the jury, upon his separate trial, returned a verdict finding him guilty and fixing his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for thre& years.

From a judgment entered on that verdict this appeal is prosecuted.

The sole ground relied on for reversal is the alleged improper statement made by the commonwealth’s attorney in his closing argument to the jury, which is as follows:

“The judge of this court has already held that…