Castle v. Commonwealth

The defendant, Ralph Castle, was jointly indicted with J. L. Christian for the larceny of “three hams of meat (pork), of the value of $45.00; three sides of pork or middlings of the value of $35.00, of the goods and chattels of one C. D. Fields,” the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Frazier, from whose smokehouse the meat was stolen. Upon his trial by a jury the defendant was found guilty of grand larceny as charged in the indictment and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, to which judgment we granted this writ of error.

There are four assignments of error. The first and most vital is…