Layne v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
*487The defendant, Leroy L. Layne, was arrested on a warrant charging him with violating Code, § 18-284,* by keeping or exhibiting a table used for gaming, and upon his trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the warrant and fixed his punishment at six months confinement in jail and a fine of $250.00. The trial court overruled a motion to set aside the verdict as contrary to the law and the evidence and entered judgment according to the verdict, to which judgment we granted this writ of error.
The sole question for our determination is.whether the evidence upon which the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hairston v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Castle v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
- Lescallett v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1893
- Wooden v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
- Patterson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1935
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