Wells v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Henrico county. The defendant was president of the Richmond Amusement Corporation, and was arrested, tried and convicted for giving a performance on Sunday.
1Opinion of the Court
Whittle, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.. The plaintiff in error, Jake Wells, was arrested, tried, convicted and fined $2.00 and costs of prosecution upon a criminal warrant issued by a justice of the peace under section 3799, Va. *835Code, 1904, for a violation, of the Sabbath day. On appeal to the circuit court of Henrico county, the conviction was sustained, and the case is before us on writ of error to the judgment of affirmance.
The initial assignment of error, indeed the only assignment which demands our attention, questions the correctness of the trial court’s action in overruling…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Litton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Gates & Son Co. v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- City of Danville v. HatcherSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Ex parte MarxSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
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