Saylor v. Commonwealth

*130Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Carroll

Reversing

Appellants were convicted under an indictment charging them with the offense of stealing chickens of the value of more than two dollars, which is made a felony by statute. On this appeal the only ground for reversal relied on is the failure of the trial court to instruct the jury on the subject of petit larceny, which is a misdemeanor. The court instructed the jury that if they believed from the evidence that the defendants stole chickens “of the value of two dollars or more” they should find them guilty of the felony charged in the…