Claud v. Commonwealth

Sitting without a jury in separate, consecutive trials, the trial judge found Alexander Claud (Alexander) and Lewis Claud (Lewis) guilty of grand larceny of eight hogs owned by Clyde Carraway. By final orders entered December 19,1975, the judge sentenced the defendants to confinement in the penitentiary for two and four years, respectively, and suspended execution of two years of Lewis’s sentence.

Both defendants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence and the competency of certain evidence admitted over objection, and we consider the writs jointly.

We review first the evidence adduced at…