Reil v. Commonwealth

Defendant, Galen Randolph Reil, was tried under sec. 18.1-109, Code of Virginia, and found guilty by a jury of the embezzlement of $250.00 from his employer. His punishment was fixed at a fine of $500.00. The trial court overruled his motion to set aside the verdict and entered judgment in accordance with the verdict, giving him six months within which to pay the fine and costs. He is here on a writ of error to the judgment.

Defendant contends that the trial1 court erred (1) in admitting into evidence a letter written by him to his wife, (2) in imposing certain restrictions on him before the…