Legal Opinion

White v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 24, 1878PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The case is stated by Judge Moncure in his opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Moncure, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the county court of Dinwiddie county, convicting the plaintiff in error, White, of felony, and sentencing him therefor to confinement in the penitentiary for the term of three years. The indictment on which he was convicted, charged that he, “ on the 15th of October, 1877, in the said county, a certain out-house, commonly called a barn, or tobacco-house, with a stable attached, belonging to 3 ames W. Gunn, which, with tire property then therein contained, was of the value of $400, feloniously and *825maliciousl…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bradshaw v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1860

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Reed v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2011
  2. James C. Howard, Jr. v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2014

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