Webb v. Commonwealth

Whittle, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error, Philip Webb, a negro boy, was indicted for the larceny of a horse, the property of Dr. F. S. Givens, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for three years conformably to the verdict of the jury.

It appears from the evidence that Webb, in company with another negro, Page, went to the stable of Dr. Givens, a physician living at Newport, Va., in the night time, and the accused, without the knowledge or consent of the owner, who was absent from home, took therefrom the horse in question. Dr. Givens, upon his return- and…