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LAWSON v. COMMONWEALTH

112 S.E.2d 899 (1960)

201 Va. 663

Raye O. LAWSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia (two cases).

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 7, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Dillard, Barry N. Lichtenstein, Roanoke, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen. (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

BUCHANAN, Justice.

A grand jury in the trial court returned two indictments against the defendant, Raye O. Lawson, each containing two counts. One indictment charged him with forging and uttering a check for $100, and the other with forging and uttering a check for $400, Code, § 18-26. On his trial to a jury, the two cases being heard together, he was found guilty on both indictments and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary on each, the sentences to run...

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