FLOYD v. COMMONWEALTH


62 S.E.2d 6 (1950)

191 Va. 674

FLOYD v. COMMONWEALTH

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 27, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Goad, Lovingston, for plaintiff in error.

Atty. Gen. J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Frederick T. Gray, for Commonwealth.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., GREGORY, EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, and MILLER, JJ.


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

Ernest G. Floyd seeks by this writ of error reversal of a judgment whereby he was convicted of maliciously wounding Lawrence Gilbert, and sentenced to six years confinement in the penitentiary.

The evidence on pertinent issues is in sharp conflict. That for the Commonwealth, stated in the light most favorable to it, is as follows:

Lawrence Gilbert, who was drinking, entered the Tee Tavern, owned and operated by Ernest G. Floyd...

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