Graham v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The plaintiff in error was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Scott county upon an indictment charging him with a violation of the prohibition law.
The jury fixed the punishment of the accused at a fine of two hundred dollars and confinement in the county jail for a period of three months.
The motion to set aside the verdict being overruled, the trial court proceeded according to law to pronounce the following sentence upon the accused:
“Therefore, it is considered by the court that the defendant, Jeff Graham, be fined the sum of two hundred ($200.00) dollars and be confined in the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Longley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Goldman v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
- Gilreath v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
- Kilgore v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
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