Stubblefield v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

Upon his trial in tbe McCracken circuit court under an indictment accusing him of the crime of grand larceny, the appellant, Son Stubblefield, was convicted and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of three years. His motion for a new trial was overruled and he has appealed. His counsel urge as grounds for reversing the judgment: (1), the insufficiency of the indictment, and the consequent error of the court in following in the instructions its insufficient language, and (2), failure of the Commonwealth to prove the…