Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 16, 1917PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Richmond.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The plaintiff in error, J. A. Lewis; was indicted, tried and convicted in the Hustings Court of the city of Richmond for the larceny of money amounting to the sum of $174.00, the property of the “Home Beneficial Association,” and sentenced to serve a term of one year in the peniten*876tiary in accordance with the finding of the jury. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
The certified facts are very few and not disputed. It appears that the life of Emily Capps was insured in the Home Beneficial Association in the sum of $174.00 for the benefit of Lucy Ruffin, who claimed the amount due…
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