Commonwealth v. Brown
Supreme Court of Virginia
Erroi to a judgment of the County Court of Gloucester county, rendered on the 10th day of March, 1894, sustaining the defendant’s demurrer to an indictment for failure to make a true and accurate return of sales of oysters made hy him.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
Section 5 of the Act of the General Assembly approved February 25, 1892, entitled “An Act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2137, 2148, 2151, 2153, and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145 and 2147, of chapter 97 of the Code of Virginia in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto” (Acts 1891-’92, chap. 363, p. 595), contains the following provision:
“The inspector shall require each tongman registered in his district to make to him, on the Saturday of each week, or within three days thereafter, during the lawful season, a true and accurate…
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