Legal Opinion

People v. Davis

District Court, Virgin Islands

Decided March 28, 1938No. Criminal No. 4-1938Published

1Opinion of the CourtHastie, Judge

This is an appeal from a criminal judgment of the Police Court of Christiansted, wherein, after trial of a complaint charging the crime of aggravated assault, Morris E. Davis was found guilty of “Disturbance of the Peace in violation of Sections 9 and 11” of chapter 8, of Title IV, of the Code (1921; 14 V.I.C. §§ 621, 622), and sentenced “to pay a fine of fifty ($50.00) dollars, and to serve a term of 120 days in jail.”

The appeal has been taken and a transcript of the record below filed in this court pursuant to chapter 37, of Title V, of the Code (1921; 4 V.I.C. §§ 33, 33 note). On such an…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Shelp v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1897
  2. Ex Parte MonroeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
  3. Rider v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
  4. W. W. Brookzer Co. v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1913

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