Gray v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Portsmouth. There was in this case a trial by jury, resulting in a verdict finding the accused guilty of selling ardent spirits, as charged in the indictment, and fixing his punishment at six months in jail and a fine of $500.00. The judgment under review was entered accordingly. There is no assignment of error which challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.
Read the full summary
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Portsmouth. There was in this case a trial by jury, resulting in a verdict finding the accused guilty of selling ardent spirits, as charged in the indictment, and fixing his punishment at six months in jail and a fine of $500.00. The judgment under review was entered accordingly. There is no assignment of error which challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. Therefore, no statement of the facts touching the merits of the case is deemed necessary.
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:
This case was argued orally before us, along with the cases of Rudd v. Commonwealth, post, p. 783, 111 S. E. 270, and Walker v. Commonwealth, post, p; 819, 111 S. E. 274, decided at this term of court.
1. The first and fourth assignments of error in the instant case (the first concerning the motion for a change of venue, and the fourth concerning an instruction asked by the accused and refused, but modified, land given by the court as modified) are precisely the same as the first and fourth assignments…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rudd v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
- Walker v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
3Cited by1 opinion
- Kennedy v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937