Carter v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Lynchburg rendered April 14, 1898.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
At its iVovember term, 1897, the Circuit Court of the city of Lynchburg issued a rule against Carter, plaintiff in error, *802to appear before it on tbe first day of the next term to show-cause why he should not be fined and attached for contempt, by attempting to obtain a continuance of the action of Grubbs against Carter, by means of false telegrams. In answer to this rule he appeared and stated that he is a resident of the county of blotto way, and that, having received a telegram from his attorney, J. Emory Hughes, that his case was pending and he…
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