Bain v. Commonwealth

Edward L. Bain was convicted under Code § 18.1-116 1 (Repl. Vol. 1960) of fraudulently selling, removing or otherwise disposing of a motor vehicle on which he had given a lien to the National Bank of Blacksburg. We granted Bain a writ of error to the judgment order, entered on a jury verdict, sentencing him to serve six months in jail and to pay a fine of $500.

Richard D. Patton, Assistant Vice President of the National Bank of Blacksburg, testified that on April 6, 1972, Bain came to the Bank to obtain a loan. Patton approved a “debt consolidation loan” in the amount of $2,574.01 and referred…