Berry v. City of Chesapeake

Defendant, Ben Berry, was charged in a warrant with violating § 23-51 of the Code of the City of Chesapeake, which provides that, “It shall be unlawful for any person to carry any loaded firearms on any public lands except those legally opened for hunting, or on a properly established target shooting range, except persons authorized by law to carry loaded firearms.”

Trial by jury was waived and the trial court found the defendant guilty as charged and fixed his punishment at a fine of $250. We granted the defendant a writ of error to the judgment.

Defendant has assigned several errors, but the…