Legal Opinion
Williams v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 23, 1937PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGregory, J.
Hubert Parker and Eddie Williams were charged with violating Code, section 4675 (49a), and convicted by the court without a jury. Their fines were fixed at $250. Since the trial Hubert Parker has died leaving Eddie Williams as the sole plaintiff in error.
There is no dispute about the facts. On April 8, 1936, the two defendants were arrested in their car as they approached the corporate limits of the city of Bristol, Virginia. They were directed to the police station in Bristol, *859Virginia, where the car was searched and 840 pints of whiskey were found. It was seized and held as contraband…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Reading Railroad Company v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. v. Young's Market Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Rhodes v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Dickerson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1943
- Surles v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
- Whitaker v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
- Johnson v. Yellow Cab Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1943
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