Hunt v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of city of Norfolk. The indictment in this case was as follows: “The grand jurors of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in and for the body of the city of Norfolk, and now attending the said court at its August term, 1918, upon their oaths, present that Arthur L. Hunt, within one year next prior to the finding of this indictment, in the said city of Norfolk, did unlawfully manufacture, transport, sell, keep, store and expose for sale,…
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Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of city of Norfolk. The indictment in this case was as follows: “The grand jurors of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in and for the body of the city of Norfolk, and now attending the said court at its August term, 1918, upon their oaths, present that Arthur L. Hunt, within one year next prior to the finding of this indictment, in the said city of Norfolk, did unlawfully manufacture, transport, sell, keep, store and expose for sale, give away, dispense, solicit, advertise, and receive orders for ardent spirits, against the peace and dignity of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court.
*821The questions raised by the assignments of error will be disposed of in their order as stated below.
[1] 1. Was there error in the action of the trial court in overruling the demurrer to the first count of the indictment?
This question is ruled by the decison of this court in Pine & Scott v. Commonwealth, 121 Va. 812, 93 S. E. 652, and must be answered in the negative.
[2] 2. Was there error in the action of the trial court in overruling the demurrer to the third count of the indictment?
This count does…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Pine v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
- Mullins v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
- State v. HillWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- Jessie v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1911
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