Watts v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court for the -city of Staunton, rendered February 14, 1901, on a prosecution of the plaintiff in error for a misdemeanor.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
FT. C. Watts, plaintiff in error, who was, on the 15th day of June, 1900, sheriff of the county of Augusta, and as such, by virtue of section 934 of the Code, keeper of the jail of said county, was on February 19, 1901, indicted for negligently suffering D. H. Taylor, a prisoner lawfully committed to his custody, to escape. A copy of this indictment was, in accordance with section 4106 of the Code, as amended by an act of 1897-8 (Acts 1897-’8, p. 289), certified to the Police Justice of Staunton, before whom "Watts was tried, convicted and fined…
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