Bond v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Thomas—

Reversing.

The grand jury of Livingston county, by a duly returned joint indictment against appellant, Lawrence Bond, and one Harp, accused them of the offense of grand larceny, the property involved being a small one-eyed dog belonging to McGinnis Mathew, and of the alleged value of more than $20. At the trial thereof the prosecution was dismissed as to Harp because of insufficient proof against him, but appellant-was found guilty and punished by confinement in the penitentiary for 18 months. To reverse that verdict and the judgment rendered…