Legal Opinion

Graham v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 18, 1924PublishedCited by 3 opinions

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

  1. Longley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
  2. Goldman v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
  3. Gilreath v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
  4. Kilgore v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Christian v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1981
  2. Johnson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
  3. Keeton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929

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