Hicks v. Commonwealth

On March 26, 1931, the defendant was indicted and -tried in the Circuit Court of Fairfax county, Virginia, upon the charge of grand larceny. The indictment alleged the ■stealing of a certain Chevrolet automobile motor or engine, •of a specific number, of the value of $200.00, and certain transmission from a 1927 model, Chevrolet sedan, of the *941value of $75.00, being the property of one H. B. Pyle. He was convicted and sentenced, in accordance with the jury's verdict, to serve two years in the State penitentiary. This court allowed him a writ of error, and hence the case is before us.

The facts…