Seay v. Commonwealth

The accused, Leon Seay, was tried in the Circuit Court of Essex county upon an indictment containing two counts. Only the first count is herein involved and it reads as follows:

“The grand jury of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in and for county of Essex, upon their oaths present that R. L. Wright, in the county of Hanover and in the circuit court of said county, on the 27th day of September, 1926, was convicted of unlawful transportation of ardent spirits; that afterwards, to-wit, on the 9th day of December, 1926, in the city of Richmond, Virginia, and in the Hustings Court of said city, the…