Pasanello v. Commonwealth

This is a companion case to Parish v. Commonwealth, Record No. 6087, this day decided.

Pasquale Pasanello, the defendant, was indicted by the grand jury upon four counts involving the theft and disposition of certain articles of clothing. He was tried by the court, without a jury, and was found guilty of the offense charged in the second count of the indictment. A sentence of six years in the penitentiary was imposed upon the defendant and he is here upon a writ of error granted by this court.

The second count of the indictment alleged that the defendant, on November 30, 1962, unlawfully and…