Ramey v. Commonwealth
Ramey v. Commonwealth
Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Affirming.
The appellant and Andy Harrison, were jointly indicted charged with the crime of grand larceny, committed by them in stealing a suit case and the contents thereof. The accused demanded a separate trial and the Commonwealth elected to try the appellant who was found guilty. He asks, a reversal of the judgment upon the ground that aside from the testimony of Harrison, an accomplice, there was not sufficient - evidence to authorize a submission of the case to the jury or to sustain a verdict of guilty.
. _ It appears from the record that a Mr. Jessee and his wife on the night of the eleventh of November were on the train going from some point in Virginia to Nieholasville, Kentucky. When the train reached Pineville, Kentucky, the Jessees missed their suit case, which had been placed in the aisle of the car near the front door and Mr. Jessee believing that appellant had gotten it, remarked to him that he had taken his suit case, when the appellant — who had a small valise in his hand — replied that he did not. The suit case, however, was gone. Another witness testifies that he saw Harrison and appel-' lant on the train and that just before or ait the time the train_ stopped at Pineville, he saw one of them who is identified as the appellant by the fact that he carried a valise in his hand, get a suit case and hand it to his confederate, Harrison, who jumped off of the train with it. When Harrison got off, the appellant remained on the train and it was after Harrison left that Jessee had the conversation with appellant above referred to. It is also shown that one of these parties picked up the suit ease of another passenger, but upon being reminded that it was not his, put it "down. Early the next morning Har
There is no error in the instructions and the judgment is affirmed.
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