Castle v. Commonwealth

VANCE, Commissioner.

The appellants were convicted of the offense of housebreaking and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years (KRS 433.180).

On this appeal the appellants claim that the trial court erred in admitting incompetent testimony and in failing to sustain appellants’ motion for a directed verdict.

Two dwelling houses in Johnson County, Kentucky, owned by Mrs. Rena Caudill, were broken into at sometime between May 4 and May 18, 1969, and the electrical wiring was removed therefrom. Both houses were vacant at the time of the break-in. Mrs. Caudill had…