Boyles v. City of Roanoke

This writ of error is to a judgment of conviction of the plaintiff in error upon a charge of violating an ordinance of the city of Roanoke, Virginia.

The General Assembly of Virginia delegated to the city of Roanoke, through its charter, the power to suppress gambling. (City Charter, section 2, subsection 21). For this purpose the General Assembly? through section 2 of the charter, subsection 32, granted to the city the power to make and enforce ordinances and to provide suitable penalties for the violation of such ordinances “by fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding six months…