SPRADLIN v. COMMONWEALTH


79 S.E.2d 443 (1954)

195 Va. 523

SPRADLIN et al. v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 25, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Messick, Morton Honeyman, Roanoke, for plaintiffs in error.

Atty. Gen. J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. C. F. Hicks, for defendant in error.

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


SMITH, Justice.

These two cases, by consent of the Commonwealth and the defendants, were heard together by a jury on two joint indictments under the maiming statute, Code,§ 18-70; one charging that Roy Spradlin and Frank Jackson feloniously and maliciously assaulted one Charles M. Hamilton, and the other in identical language charging such assault upon one Gordon H. Richards.

Both defendants pleaded not guilty...

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