STURGIS v. COMMONWEALTH


88 S.E.2d 919 (1955)

197 Va. 264

Purnell STURGIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William King Mapp, Keller, for plaintiff in error.

Atty. Gen. J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. R. D. Mcllwaine, III, for defendant in error.

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


EGGLESTON, Justice.

This case is before us on a writ of error to a judgment entered upon a jury's verdict convicting Purnell Sturgis of the transportation of illegally acquired alcoholic beverages in violation of Code, § 4-75,1 and fixing his punishment at sixty days in jail. The assignments of error challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict and the court's rulings on the admission of certain evidence.

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