Kendrick v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of hustings court of city of Richmond, rendered on the 13th February, 1884, sentencing William Kendrick to pay a fine of fifty dollars, and to be confined in jail for twenty days, for a contempt of court, in refusing to answer a certain question propounded to him by the grand jury, said Kendrick having been sworn in court and sent to the grand jury to give evidence on a charge against Thomas Lyon, who had been remanded to said court for indictment and trial…
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Error to judgment of hustings court of city of Richmond, rendered on the 13th February, 1884, sentencing William Kendrick to pay a fine of fifty dollars, and to be confined in jail for twenty days, for a contempt of court, in refusing to answer a certain question propounded to him by the grand jury, said Kendrick having been sworn in court and sent to the grand jury to give evidence on a charge against Thomas Lyon, who had been remanded to said court for indictment and trial for keeping and exhibiting the game of faro. To this judgment Kendrick obtained a writ of error and supersedeas.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntlekoy, J.
The bill of exceptions signed by the hustings court certifies that William Kendrick, then being before the grand jury to answer questions and give evidence on a bill of indictment which had been preferred and sent to the said grand jury in the said hustings court against Thomas Lyon, for unlawfully keeping and maintaining within the jurisdiction of the said court a certain gaming-table, commonly called a faro bank, and for then and there contributing money to allure other persons to bet at said game, he, the said William Kendrick, was asked by the-grand jury the following question:
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