Morgan v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the County Court of Mathews county, rendered November 18, 1898, on a prosecution of the plaintiff in error for unlawful fishing-—the plaintiff in error Laving been convicted and adjudged to pay a fine of $25, and the Circuit Court of said county having refused a writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and judgment rendered against him in the County Court of Mathews county for catching and taking fish in the waters of the Commonwealth without first having obtained a license and paid the tax required by Act of Assembly approved March 3» 1898. (Acts 1897'-’8, p. 864.) To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
The County Court had jurisdiction to indict and try the plaintiff in-error for the alleged offence. • This was a prosecution for the violation of the revenue laws of the State, and by Act of Assembly approved February 9, 1898,…
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