ADKINS v. COMMONWEALTH


105 S.E.2d 164 (1958)

200 Va. 238

John P. ADKINS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 13, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred M. Hickman, Washington (Hickman & Summers, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.


BUCHANAN, Justice.

The defendant, John P. Adkins, on his trial before a jury, was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary in accordance with the verdict. Under his assignments of error he contends that the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict and that the court erred in rejecting certain evidence offered by him and in giving certain instructions for the Commonwealth.

He was charged with stealing walnut logs...

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