Yates v. Commonwealth

NEIKIRK, Judge.

Mae Yates was convicted in the Logan Circuit Court of cattle stealing. KRS 433.250. Her punishment was fixed at five years in the state penitentiary. She appeals. We affirm.

Appellant contends that: (1) The evidence presented was not sufficient to sustain the verdict of the jury; and (2) the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to grant appellant a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.

Hollis Baldwin, a dairyman, discovered that three of his calves had been stolen from his farm. He made inquiry throughout the neighborhood concerning their disappearance.…