[tricksy]

In 1859, Virginia tried and convicted John Brown of treason against the commonwealth even though he did not and had never lived in Virginia.

Yes, he did (in what is now West Virginia, but was part of Virginia at the time).

[Non-Sequitur]

Yes, he did (in what is now West Virginia, but was part of Virginia at the time).

He committed the crime in Harper's Ferry. He didn't live there, or anywhere else in Virginia, and never had.