Johnson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
James N. Johnson, a youth nineteen years of age, was convicted of transporting intoxicating liquor in violation of the prohibition law. After sentence, but during the same term at which he was convicted, he moved for a new trial on the ground of after-discovered evidence, but the trial court overruled his motion and he excepted, and the case is brought here for review..
[1] If he was guilty, it was as principal in the second degree of Leo Kidd, who was principal in the first degree. Kidd and Johnson were intimate friends, and while Kidd lived at Hopewell, Va., he had employed Johnson to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- State v. John Port TownsendWashington Supreme Court · 1893
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