Wilder v. Commonwealth

The jury found defendant Wesley Rudolph Wilder guilty of credit card theft under an amended indictment and he was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for two years. We limited the appeal to a consideration of whether the original indictment was sufficient to charge the accused with commission of the crime.

The face of the original indictment stated that defendant on or about February 4, 1975, in the City of Richmond,

“did feloniously and unlawfully have in his possession two or more stolen credit cards issued to Mrs. John W. Cowan, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of…