Legal Opinion
Smith v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided May 1, 1944No. Record No. 2810PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eggleston, J,.
delivered the opinion of the court.
James H. Smith was found guilty by a jury of unlawful possession of alcoholic beverages in violation of section 50 of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended by Acts 1936, ch. 255, p. 434, Acts 1938, ch. 234, p. 374 (Michie’s Code of 1942, sec. 4675(50) ). The warrant also charged that he had been previously convicted by the trial justice court of “Middlesex county, Virginia, of the illegal transportation of alcoholic beverages.” To review the judgment entered upon this verdict the present writ of error was allowed.
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