Byrd v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of city of Hopewell.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
*836This is a prosecution for an alleged violation of section 3780-a of the Code, which is as follows: “If any person shall, in the presence or hearing of another, curse or abuse-such person, or use any violently abusive language to such person concerning himself or any of his female relations,, under circumstances reasonably calculated to provoke a. breach of the peace, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall b.e fined in any sum not less than two dollars and fifty cents nor more than five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the justice trying the case.” (Acts 1910,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Teter v. Franklin Fire InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- Fitch v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Dyer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
- Washington, Alexandria & Mount Vernon Railway Co. v. TrimyerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
- McArter v. GrigsbySupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
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3Cited by7 opinions
- West v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
- Randall v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1944
- Rosenberg v. MasonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
- Sutherland v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988
- State v. PeoplesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1928
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