Polglaise v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Spotsylvania county imposing a fine upon the plaintiff in error for violating the road law of said county.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
Benjamin Polglaise was tried and convicted in a justice’s court of a violation of the road law of Spotsylvania county, in that he “did haul, with a narrow-tire wagon, over the permanent roads of Spotsylvania county over six hundred feet of lumber, contrary to the resolution of the board of supervisors of Spotsylvania county, passed, pursuant to law, on the 21st day of February, 1912.”
Ten warrants were issued against the accused for like offenses, all to be tried at the same time, but by agreement only one was tried and like judgments were to be entered in the other nine cases. Upon his…
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