Legal Opinion

Longman v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 12, 1936PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, J.

' ’Tile .petitioner, Samuel .Longman,, has been found guilty by a jury of receiving stolen goods knowing them to have been stolen, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a year and a day. ' '

The principal assignment of error is that the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence and without'evidence to support it.. In. the light of . the jury’s verdict the record discloses these facts: -The Old Dominion Tobacco Company is a wholesale dealer in cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products, with its' place. of. business in the city of Norfolk. One of its customers was the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Stapleton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
  2. Patterson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1935

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Wright v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
  2. State v. SimoneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  3. Polansky v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
  4. Gilland v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1945
  5. Reaves v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1951

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