BENSON v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 3656.

58 S.E.2d 312 (1950)

190 Va. 744

BENSON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashburn, Agelasto & Sellers, Norfolk, for plaintiff in error.

Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Special Assistant Frederick T. Gray, for Commonwealth.

Before HUDGINS, C.J., and GREORY, EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BCHANAN, STAPLES and MILLER, JJ.


STAPLES, Justice.

Carvel Benson, the plaintiff in error (defendant below and hereinafter so-called), was tried in the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk upon an indictment charging him with bribery, in violation of section 4496 of the Code of Virginia. Pursuant to a jury verdict of guilty he was sentenced to confinement for a term of three years in the State penitentiary.

The evidence of the Commonwealth tended...

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