TANN v. COMMONWEALTH


56 S.E.2d 47 (1949)

190 Va. 154

TANN v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 21, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. A. Hall, Jr., Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., Frederick T. Gray, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for Commonwealth.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and GREGORY, EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, STAPLES, and MILLER, JJ.


SPRATLEY, Justice.

Keystone Tann, alias Henry Harris, was, on the 13th day of March, 1946, indicted in the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, Virginia, on a charge of escaping from the State Penitentiary while being then and there confined under a lawful conviction and sentence for a felony. Virginia Code 1942, Michie, section 5049. Trial upon this indictment was held on February 7, 1949, shortly after the recapture of Tann.

Upon his trial, the defendant...

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