Legal Opinion

Lawrence v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 21, 1878Published

This whs an indictment in the county court of King "William county against Charles Lawrence for rape. The case is stated by Judge Moncure in his opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Moncure, P.

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the county court of King William, rendered on the 23d day of October, 1877, against the plaintiff in error, Charles Lawrence, in a prosecution for rape. It was charged in the indictment that the said Charles Lawrence, “ on the eighth day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, and in the county aforesaid, with force and arms on and upon one Serena Coleman, a female child under the age of twelve years, to-wit: of the age of eleven years and eleven months, feloniously did make an assault; and her, the said Serena…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hooker v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1855
  2. Bristow v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1859
  3. Boxley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1874

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