Quillin v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Scott county,, upon an information for a misdemeanor. To a judgment of conviction, the defendant assigns error. The following is a copy of the information referred to in the opinion of the court: “Information. “Commonwealth of Virginia, “In the Circuit Court of Scott County.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Scott county,, upon an information for a misdemeanor. To a judgment of conviction, the defendant assigns error. The following is a copy of the information referred to in the opinion of the court: “Information. “Commonwealth of Virginia, “In the Circuit Court of Scott County. “Be it remembered that J. F. Sergent, attorney for the Commonwealth for Scott county, who prosecutes for the Commonwealth of Virginia, in this behalf, in his own proper person comes into said court, on this the 10th day of May, 1905, and here gives the said court to understand…
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
At the May term, 1905, of the Circuit Court of Scott county, the plaintiff in error, W. F. Quillen, was tried and convicted for selling by retail wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors or some mixture thereof, without a license. The jury assessed his fine at $200, and the court imposed the additional punishment of confinement in jail for ninety days.
*877The first assignment of error is to the action of the court in overruling the motion of the accused to quash the information. The grounds relied on to sustain that motion are that The information was not founded upon a complaint in writing verified by…
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