Coomer v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice McCandless

Reversing.

In a prosecution under section 1199, Ky.- Statutes, Sarah Coomer was convicted of the crime of receiving stolen goods of more than $20 in value, and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year. It is urged that the defendant was entitled to a peremptory instruction to find her not guilty, and that the verdict is not sustained by-the evidence, both of which may be considered together. The evidence shows that the store of Dillard Brewer was broken and Everett and Wilson Coomer, sons of appellant, were tried and convicted on that charge; it…