Webster v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of the circuit court of Montgomery county, affirming a judgment of the county court of said county, whereby, at its September term, 1891, the plaintiff in error, Joshua Webster, was fined $100, and sentenced to be confined in the county jail for the period of one month. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
At the July term, 1891, of the county court of Montgomery county the plaintiff in error was indicted for selling ardent spirits and liquors by retail, not to be drunk where sold, in the town of Christiansburg, in Christiansburg magisterial district of said county, he, the said Joshua Webster, not then and there having a license to sell the same according to law.
At the September term, 1891, of the said court the accused was tried and found guilty by a jury, who assessed his fine at one hundred dollars; whereupon the accused moved the court *155to set aside the verdict and grant him a new trial;…
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