Fletcher v. Commonwealth

A grand jury returned two indictments against the defendant, Francis Lewis Fletcher, charging him with violating § 18.1-65, Code of 1950, 1 as amended, 1960 Repl. Vol., commonly referred to as the maiming statute. One indictment, hereinafter referred to as the Thompson indictment, (record No. 6908) charged Fletcher with making a felonious assault on one Evan Wayne Thompson by “striking and beating” Thompson and feloniously, maliciously and unlawfully causing him bodily injury, with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable and kill; and the other indictment, hereinafter referred to as the Baron…