Legal Opinion
Landers v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 20, 1919PublishedCited by 13 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Hanover county on an information to enforce forfeiture of an automobile under the Prohibition Act of 1918. Judgment of forfeiture. The owner of the automobile assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This is an information to enforce a forfeiture of an automobile used in violating the prohibition law of the State. The case was submitted to the decision of the judge of the circuit court, without the intervention of a jury, upon an agreed statement of facts. To a judgment of forfeiture, this writ of error was awarded.
The statement of facts agreed upon is as follows:
“It is agreed that the car in question, to-wit: Packard, Pennsylvania license tag No. 352787, described in the information, was seized in Hanover county by J. C. Chichester, sergeant of the city of Fredericksburg, on the 30th day…
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