Hagy v. Commonwealth

Spratley,

J., delivered the opinion of the court.

A. R. Hagy complains of two judgments rendered against him whereby he was convicted in each case of petit larceny.

Each of the warrants alleged that the accused unlawfully and wilfully did take, steal, and carry away a certain sum of money, the property of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Commonwealth based its prosecution under Va. Code 1936, section 4459. And it was more specifically contended that the accused had claimed and received, for attendance at two terms of the Circuit Court of Buchanan county, a total mileage and attendance allowance…