Farewell v. Commonwealth

Posey H. Farewell was indicted at the November term, 1935, by a grand jury in the Circuit Court of Tazewell county, for the violation of section 4538 of the Code of Virginia, alleging bigamy. After an amendment to the indictment by the trial court, he was, at the February term, 1936, tried and convicted by a jury and sentenced to serve three years in the State penitentiary.

The indictment upon which he was tried and convicted, alleged that “Posey Henry Ferrell, alias P. H. Farwell, alias Posie H. Farewell heretofore, to-wit: on the---day of ---, 1932, in the county of Sullivan, in the State of…