Lawrence v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of city of Alexandria, rendered July 18, 1889, sentencing Lawson Lawrence to pay a fine of $100 00 and to imprisonment for the term of sixty days in accordance with the verdict of the jury upon an indictment for carrying on the business of a lottery. Defendant moved for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, which motions were overruled and excepted to by him, arid the case brought here upon writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lacy, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case is a prosecution against the plaintiff in error under chapter 187 of the Code of Virginia for keeping a lottery, selling lottery tickets, and promoting and managing a lottery, who, being indicted, tried, and convicted therefor, applied for and obtained a writ of error to this court.
1. The first ground assigned as error is that the court refused to grant to the plaintiff in error a continuance of his case; that the matter of continuances is one within the discretion of the trial court, but that discretion must be exercised soundly, and not…
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