Bateman v. Commonwealth

At the April, 1963, term of the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk, Part Two, nine indictments were returned against Richard Bateman, alias Richard Morgan Bateman. Each of eight indictments, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 contained four separate counts, charging four separate offenses to-wit: Count One,, forgery of a certain check signed by Jerry H. Adams by raising the amount thereof; Count Two, uttering such check; Count Three, larceny of the amount of the said check from Jerry H. Adams; and Count Four, larceny of the amount of the check from the National Bank of Commerce of…