Walker v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Portsmouth. There was in this'case a trial by jury, resulting in a, verdict finding the accused guilty of selling ardent spirits as charged in the indictment and fixing his punishment at six months in jail and a fine of $500.00. The judgment under review was entered accordingly. There is no assignment of error which challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.
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Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Portsmouth. There was in this'case a trial by jury, resulting in a, verdict finding the accused guilty of selling ardent spirits as charged in the indictment and fixing his punishment at six months in jail and a fine of $500.00. The judgment under review was entered accordingly. There is no assignment of error which challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. Therefore, no statement of the facts touching the merits of the case is deemed necessary.
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:
This case was argued orally before us along with the case of Rudd v. Commonwealth, ante, p. 783, 111 S. E. 270, decided at this term of court.
The first and second assignments of error in the case in judgment are in precisely the same language and allege the same errors as are alleged in the first and second assign*821ments of error in the case of Rudd v. Commonwealth—the first assignment concerning the refusal of the court to change the venue, and the second assignment concerning the refusal of the court…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rudd v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
3Cited by4 opinions
- Slayton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1946
- Harris v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
- Gray v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
- Neal v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922