Walker v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Latimer

Affirming.

Appellant, John Walker, was indicted jointly with Clifford Bolton for the crime of grand larceny. On trial he was convicted and sentenced to 3 years in the Penitentiary. He prosecutes this appeal urging reversal on the sole ground that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the verdict.

It becomes necessary briefly to review the evidence in order to ascertain whether or not there is merit in appellant’s contention. It appears that Captain James K. Sullivan, owner of the Mercury automobile alleged to have been stolen, was spending the night with…