Harris v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of hustings court of the city of Kiclunond, imposing a fine of $50 on William W. Harris, on an indictment for an alleged violation of a revenue law in keeping a skating rink without having taken out a license therefor.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*241This is a writ of error to a judgment of the hustings court of the city of Richmond. The indictment, on which the accused was convicted, charged that he “unlawfully did keep and maintain a certain public performance, called a skating rink, for compensation, the same not being for benevolent or charitable purposes,” etc.
The indictment is founded on the act entitled “An act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons,” etc., approved March 15, 1884, the material portions of which to the present case are as follows:
“80. No person shall, without…
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