Hart v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Reversing.

The trial of the appellant, Kate Hart, in the Jefferson circuit court, criminal division, for the crime of grand larceny charged by indictment, resulted in a verdict and judgment finding her guilty and fixing her punishment at confinement for one year in the penitentiary. The overruling of the motion for a new trial filed by the appellant in the court below, led to her prosecution of the present appeal.

Her first contention is that the trial court erred in refusing to give instruction “D” regarding circumstantial evidence, offered by her. While we…