CASTLE v. COMMONWEALTH


83 S.E.2d 360 (1954)

196 Va. 222

Ralph CASTLE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quillen & Carter, Coleman & Coleman, Gate City, for plaintiff in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen, Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen, for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


SMITH, Justice.

The defendant, Ralph Castle, was jointly indicted with J. L. Christian for the larceny of "three hams of meat (pork), of the value of $45.00; three sides of pork or middlings of the value of $35.00, of the goods and chattels of one C. D. Fields," the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Frazier, from whose smokehouse the meat was stolen. Upon his trial by a jury the defendant was found guilty of grand larceny as charged in the indictment and sentenced...

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