ROYSTER v. SMITH


77 S.E.2d 855 (1953)

195 Va. 228

ROYSTER v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 12, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. Thomas M. Miller, for plaintiff in error.

W. A. Hall, Jr., Richmond, for defendant in error.

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


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

John Lewis Smith was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for the commission of five separate and distinct felonies.

On January 6, 1930, he was convicted in the Circuit Court of Madison county on two indictments; one charging the illegal manufacture of ardent spirits, the sentence being confinement in the penitentiary for one year, the other charging housebreaking with intent to steal...

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