Davis v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Newport News.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant, Annie Davis, under indictment for burglary was convicted and sentenced to confinement in the-penitentiary for a term of five years.
The indictment charged that in the night time she broke' and entered the dwelling house, of one E. P. Fowlkes, and “feloniously and burglariously” stole and carried away therefrom the sum of $412.50 belonging to one Dolly Wing-field.
The case is before us for review, and the sole assignment of error is that the court refused to set aside the-verdict as being contrary to the law and the evidence.
It is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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