McWhorter v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, J.
Grace McWhorter, hereinafter called the defendant, was arrested on May 20, 1949, in the city of Roanoke, on a warrant which charged her with unlawfully interfering and attempting to interfere, by the use of insulting and threatening language, with Pauline Fleenor in the exercise of the latter’s right to work at a local establishment. Upon conviction in the police court the defendant appealed to the Hustings Court where she was tried by a jury, convicted, and her punishment fixed at three months imprisonment and a fine of $250. To review the judgment entered upon that verdict the present writ…
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