Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 14, 1948No. Record No. 3337PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
On August 5, 1946, T. P. Duggan, an investigator for the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, notified the Commonwealth’s Attorney for the city of Richmond, in writing^ that he had seized a 1940 Dodge sedan, Motor No. D-22-359151, Virginia License No. 357-278, found to contain eighty-five fifths of “legal whiskey not bearing A. B. C. stamps,” and that a warrant had been issued charging Sam D. Patterson with its unlawful transportation.
On August 6, 1946, the Commonwealth’s Attorney filed an information alleging the above seizure and charging that the automobile was then and there being…
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