Legal Opinion

Sink v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 21, 1929PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChichester, J.

The writ of error awarded in this case brings before this court for review a verdict and judgment of the Circuit Court of Montgomery county in which George Sink, a married man, was, on October 1, 1927, adjudged guilty of seducing one Lucile Preston, and his punishment fixed at seven years in the penitentiary.

There are three assignments of error.

1. That the trial court permitted the attorney for the Commonwealth, upon demurrer to the indictment, to amend the indictment, and refused to sustain the demurrer.

2. That the trial court refused to set aside the verdict of the jury on the ground that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Keller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  2. Harris v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
  3. Mills v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  4. Teter v. Franklin Fire InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Flick v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Livingston v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1946
  2. Commonwealth v. DossSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
  3. Saunders v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1947
  4. Martin v. Warden, Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1986

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