Harlow v. Commonwealth

The evidence for the Commonwealth showed that about 9:45 p.m. on May 24, 1952, Arthur Smith, the prosecuting witness, was walking down a street in Bristol, Virginia, on his way home. He testified that when he arrived at the corner of Goodson and State streets two men grabbed him and by force took his watch and a small sum of money, and disappeared in the darkness. Smith then ran to a nearby service station and called the city police. When the officers arrived Smith accompanied them to the police station where he made a report of the robbery. At the trial Smith identified the defendant as one of the two robbers.