Falden v. Commonwealth

The purported indictment upon which the accused was arraigned, tried and convicted reads as follows:

“Commonwealth of Virginia,

“City of Danville, To-Wit:

“In the Corporation Court of Danville.

“The Jurors of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in and for the body of the City of Danville, and now attending said Court at its November term, in the year 1935, upon their oaths present that Eva Harris, Roland Wilburn Averett and Robert Cornelius Falden on the---day of October in the year 1935, in said City, Unlawfully and feloniously combine, conspire and confederate together for the purpose of robbing a…