Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Christian

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 6, 1850PublishedCited by 4 opinions

*The defendant was presented on the 8th November 1848, in the Circuit court for the county of James City and the city of Williamsburg-, for unlawfully assaulting and beating Samuel S. Griffin, on the 9th of September 1848, in the city ol Williamsburg, within the jurisdiction of the Court. And it was thereupon ordered that the defendant should be summoned to appear on the first day of the next term, to answer the presentment; and process was awarded accordingly.

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*The defendant was presented on the 8th November 1848, in the Circuit court for the county of James City and the city of Williamsburg-, for unlawfully assaulting and beating Samuel S. Griffin, on the 9th of September 1848, in the city ol Williamsburg, within the jurisdiction of the Court. And it was thereupon ordered that the defendant should be summoned to appear on the first day of the next term, to answer the presentment; and process was awarded accordingly. A summons accordingly issued upon this presentment, on the 30th March 1849, for the defendant to appear before the Court on the first…

1Opinion of the Court

The defendant was presented on the 8th November 1848, in the Circuit court for the county of James City and the city of Williamsburg, for unlawfully assaulting and beating Samuel S. Griffin, on the 9th of September 1848, in the city of Williamsburg, within the jurisdiction of the Court. And it was thereupon ordered that the defendant should be summoned to appear on the first day of the next term, to answer the presentment; and process was awarded accordingly. A summons accordingly issued upon this presentment, on the 30th March 1849, for the defendant to appear before the Court on the first…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. SimpsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
  2. State v. BeasleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Poston v. Washington, Alexandria, & Mt. Vernon RailroadCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1911
  4. State Ex Rel. Starr v. HalbritterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1990

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