Anderson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the CourtWest, J.
L. W. Anderson was convicted under an indictment charging him with unlawfully and feloniously manufacturing ardent spirits, and sentenced to jail for six months and to pay a fine of $50.00. To that judgment t'his writ of error was allowed.
The accused assigns as error the action of the court: (a) In making certain remarks to the jury in another case in the presence of the jury which tried his case; (b) in giving a certain oral instruction to the jury; and (c) in refusing to set aside the verdict of the jury because contrary to the law and the evidence.
The evidence for the Commonwealth tended…
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