Sledd v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
At the August term 1867 of the County court of Henrico, the grand jury presented Win. W. Sledd, first, that within two years last past, in said county, he did, without a license authorized by law, unlawfully canvass the said county for the purpose of buying and offering to buy, and did actually buy, certain matter of subsistence for man, to wit: cattle, sheep and hogs, not for his own use or for the use of his family. *There was a second and third count in the presentment.
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At the August term 1867 of the County court of Henrico, the grand jury presented Win. W. Sledd, first, that within two years last past, in said county, he did, without a license authorized by law, unlawfully canvass the said county for the purpose of buying and offering to buy, and did actually buy, certain matter of subsistence for man, to wit: cattle, sheep and hogs, not for his own use or for the use of his family. *There was a second and third count in the presentment. The second for buying and selling cattle for profit, and not for feeding and grazing for as long as two months, without a…
1Opinion of the CourtJoynfs, J.
The first question which arises on this record is, whether the Circuit court erred in overruling *the demurrer to the indictment. The ground of demurrer is not stated, but it is supposed to have been founded upon the manner in which the time of the offence is laid.
The indictment which was found in August 1867, charges the offence to have been committed “within two years last past” (two years being the limitation to prosecutions under the revenue laws), and no other time is laid. The term of two years before the finding of the indictment covered a considerable period before the enactment of…
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