Legal Opinion
Cannon v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 12, 1899PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk rendered May 6, 1898, on a seire facias sued out by the Commonwealth against the plaintiff in error and another.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
*574At the November term, 1897, of the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk, Joseph P. Cannon was convicted of a misdemeanor, and adjudged to pay a fine of $1,000, and to confinement of one year in jail, and afterwards until payment of the fine and costs. In order that Cannon might apply to this court for a writ of error, the court below postponed execution of the judgment to its January term, 1898, and admitted Cannon to bail for his appearance on the first day of the January term, the following order being then entered :
“ In the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk, on Saturday, the…
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