Meade v. Commonwealth

H. N. Meade was, on September 3, 1946, indicted for forgery, Virginia Code, 1942 (Michie), section 4889. The indictment contained two counts, one alleging the forgery of his wife’s signature to a deed of bargain and sale, and the other the utterance of the forged instrument. Upon trial before a jury, the wife of the defendant was called as a witness for the Commonwealth, and, over the objection of the defendant, permitted to testify against him. Meade *777was found guilty, and his punishment fixed- at two years in the penitentiary.

Upon the refusal of the trial court to set aside the verdict as…