Bertram v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county affirming, on appeal, a judgment of a justice of the peace. Judgment for the Commonwealth. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of a justice of the peace of Rockingham county, affirmed on appeal to the circuit court, convicting the plaintiff in error, A. D. Bertram, of a misdemeanor, and imposing upon him a fine of $10 and costs.
The prosecution was had under chapter 78 of Va. Code, 1904; and the facts are undisputed, that Bertram, not being a registered pharmacist, sold by retail, carbolic acid, which was shown to be a deadly poison, as charged in the warrant.
The first and second assignments of error involve the contentions, that the title to the act on which the prosecution is…
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