Legal Opinion
Lee v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 7, 1949No. Record No. 3558Published
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
The plaintiff in error, Norvell Lee, a young colored man, was arrested in the county of Alleghany, Virginia, on a warrant charging that on the 14th day of September, 1948, he “did unlawfully fail to take a seat assigned to him, pursuant to the segregation law of the State of Virginia, on Chesapeake & Ohio Train No. 310 against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Virginia.” Upon his trial he was found guilty by a trial justice and adjudged to pay a fine of five dollars and costs. He appealed to the Circuit Court of the county of Alleghany, pleaded not guilty, and waived trial by jury.…
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