Legal Opinion

Mullins v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 11, 1913PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Dickenson county.

1Opinion of the Court

Cardwell, J.,(

delivered the opinion of the court.

The refusal of the trial court to sustain the demurrer to the indictment is assigned as error.

The indictment was found and returned into court on July 16, 1912, and sets forth “that Melvin Mullins on the ......day of.............., in the year one thousand nine hundred and..........and within the last two years in said county, did unlawfully sell by retail whiskey, brandy, wine, beer, malt liquors and mixtures thereof *947without a license so to do, as required by law, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth.”

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. American Exchange BankSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
  2. State v. . WhitakerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883
  3. Fletcher v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
  4. Shiflett v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1913
  5. State v. HavelySupreme Court of Missouri · 1855

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mulloney v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1935
  2. The People v. MunsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Draper v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
  4. Vihko v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1990
  5. State v. PriceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922

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