Commonwealth v. Henry
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Frederick county in the case of Commonwealth v. Henry, and to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Giles county in the case of Commonwealth v. Shannon. In each case the Commonwealth assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
These two cases will be considered together because they both involve the same general question.
In the first-named case the defendant in error, H. M. Henry, was arrested on the 9th day of September, 1908, upon a warrant of the police justice of the city of Winchester, charging *882him with the sale of “malt beverage,” in violation of the provisions of section 23% of chapter 189 of the act of Assembly approved March 12, 1908 (Acts 1908, p. 275), now commonly known as the “Byrd Liquor Law.”
Upon the hearing of the warrant Henry was convicted and fined, the judgment of the justice being as follows:…
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