Richards v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

Upon his trial, under an indictment charging him with the crime of grand larceny returned by the grand jury of Warren county, the appellant, John Richards, was found guilty and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of four years. His motion for a new trial was overruled and from the judgment rendered on the verdict he prosecutes this appeal. In his motion for a new trial a number of supposed errors are relied on as grounds sufficient to authorize the granting of it, but only three of them are discussed -and urged on…