McGhee v. Commonwealth

This case arose from racial demonstrations which occurred in Dan-ville during the spring and summer of 1963.

On June 6, 1963, the Corporation Court of Danville entered a temporary injunction order restraining four defendants named therein and persons acting in concert with them, from certain specified acts or conduct. Thereafter, numerous arrests were made for alleged violations of this temporary injunction. See Rollins v. Commonwealth, 211 Va. 438, 177 S. E. 2d 639, this day decided.

By order entered August 2, 1963, which set forth a revised list of prohibited acts, the injunction was made…