Commonwealth v. Adcock
Supreme Court of Virginia
The case is fully stated in the opinion of the Court delivered by Judge Thompson.
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The accused, the captain of a canal boat and carrier for hire on the James river canal, was on the 7th of December 1848, committed by the mayor of the city of Richmond, upon a charge of feloniously embezzling and fraudulently converting to *713his own use, a box of merchandise, delivered to him for transportation to Buchanan, the property of Word, Ferguson & Barksdale, merchants of the city of Richmond. He was examined and remanded for further trial by the Hustings court on the 18th of January 1849, and being admitted to bail, he entered into a recognizance with approved security to appear at…
2Cases cited329 opinions
- Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Dent v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- In Re AyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- McCready v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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