Warren v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Hopewell, in a proceeding by the Commonwealth for the removal from office of a commissioner ■of the revenue. From a judgment removing him, the ■officer assigns error.
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Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Hopewell, in a proceeding by the Commonwealth for the removal from office of a commissioner ■of the revenue. From a judgment removing him, the ■officer assigns error. This is a proceeding, under section 2705 of the Code, having for its object the removal of the plaintiff in error, I. M. Warren (who will be hereinafter referred to as “the accused), from the office of commissioner of the revenue of the city of .Hopewell, to which he was elected, being the current term of the office, beginning on January 1, 1922, and which office, after…
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:
The question presented for decision by the assignments of error will be disposed of in their order as stated below.
*583[1]. Did the trial court err in setting aside the verdict on the ground that it was contrary to the law and the evidence?
The question must be answered in the negative.
Since the verdict acquitted the accused upon all of the charges against him, if upon the law applicable to the uncontroverted evidence, the accused, during his current term of office, committed any one of the offenses…
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