Nikis v. Commonwealth

Pkentis, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

E. N. Nikis has been found guilty of conducting a retail merchandise business without having first obtained a license therefor, in accordance with the requirements of the Virginia statute, and fined 130 and the costs of the prosecution.

It is shown that he conducted a mercantile business in the station of the Washington-Virginia Railway Company at the south end of the Francis S. Key Bridge, in Arlington county, Virginia. This station is located on land which was purchased by the United States government, with the consent of the Statu of Virginia,…