Fryman v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Ratliff

Affirming.

The grand jury of Bourbon county, Kentucky, returned an indictment against the appellant (defendant below), Silas Hinkson, Jr., Frank Waugh, and Robert Fryman, charging them jointly with the crime of grand larceny. It was charged that they did take-, steal, and carry away certain antiques of a value more than $20, the personal property of Mrs. Ed Simms. Upon a separate trial the defendant, Melvin Fryman, was convicted and his punishment fixed at three years in the penitentiary.

Four alleged errors are assigned and insisted on for reversal of the…