Parish v. Commonwealth

This case is companion to that of Pasanello v. Commonwealth, Record No. 6086, this day decided.

William Kenneth Parish, the defendant, was indicted by the grand jury upon four counts involving the theft and disposition of certain articles of clothing. He was tried by the court, without a jury, and was found guilty of the offense charged in the third count of the indictment. A sentence of six years in the penitentiary was imposed upon the defendant and he is here upon a writ of error awarded by this court.

The third count of the indictment alleged that the defendant, on November 30, 1962,…