Legal Opinion
Wolfe v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 14, 1937PublishedCited by 5 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBrowning, J.
The plaintiff in error, Douglas Wolfe, was indicted, tried and found guilty of the offense charged, and was sentenced to serve a term of four and a half years in the State penitentiary. The words of the indictment in part are: “did unlawfully and feloniously steal, take and carry away five export cattle of the value of $300, of the goods and chattels of one Mrs. M. M. Miles, then and there being found, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Virginia.”
The gravamen of Wolfe’s complaint is that he was tried and convicted upon the charge of grand larceny when he should have been…
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