Rohanna v. Commonwealth

On April 23, 1935, George Rohanna was convicted by the police justice of the city of Norfolk on a peace warrant and ordered to give a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned on his good behavior for “twelve months” from that date.

Having appealed from this' judgment to the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk, Number Two, Rohanna demanded and was granted a trial by a jury, which, on May 31, 1935, brought in a verdict finding him guilty as charged in the warrant, and further finding “that he be required to enter into a recognizance in the penalty of $2,000, conditioned that he shall keep the…