Hall v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sims

Affirming.

James Hall was convicted of storehouse breaking and his punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for four years. In seeking to reverse the judgment he urges; first, that the testimony of the accomplices was not corroborated; second, he should have been acquitted because he was too drunk to have the criminal intent necessary to commit the offense of storehouse breaking.

The testimony of the two accomplices, Bud Hal] and Kelsie Bishop, was to the effect that they and James Hall were drinking on the night of April 22, 1948. They…