Anable v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Iu February 1873 William J. Anable was indicted in the Hustings court of the city of Richmond for the larceny of a cheek drawn by J. H. White, upon the Planters National Rank, to the order of E. B. Newburn, and endorsed by Uewburn. The indictment is fully set out in the opinion of Judge Christian.
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Iu February 1873 William J. Anable was indicted in the Hustings court of the city of Richmond for the larceny of a cheek drawn by J. H. White, upon the Planters National Rank, to the order of E. B. Newburn, and endorsed by Uewburn. The indictment is fully set out in the opinion of Judge Christian. Anable was the clerk of the County court of Henrico from the 1st of January 1871 to September 1872, and as such he was ex officio clerk of the board of supervisors of the county; and his father, Samuel J. Anable, was the chairman of that board. It appears that although the statute directs that no…
1Opinion of the CourtChristian, J.
The indictment in this case is founded upon the 49th section of chap. 192 of the Code, which is in the following words: “ If a person obtain by any false pretence or token, from any person, with intent to defraud, money or other property which may be the subject of larceny, he shall be deemed guilty of the larceny thereof.”
The indictment contained but one count, which is a simple count for larceny ; and charges that “William J. Anable, on the 27th day of March, in the year one thousand ■eight hundred and seventy-two, at the said city.(of Richmond), and within the jurisdiction of the Hustings…
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