Johnson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson — ■

Affirming.

Chester Johnson and Ed. Johnson were indicted in the Graves Circuit Court, charged with stealing a horse, the property of E. Pate, in Graves County. The defendants demanded a separate trial. Ed. Johnson was tried and convicted; after this Chester Johnson was tried and also found guilty. Judgment having been entered upon the verdict, he appeals.

The ground chiefly relied on for reversal is that the verdict is against the evidence. The facts are these: Kichard Pate, the owner of the horse, was at the house of a man named Moore, in Hickman…