BRYANT v. COMMONWEALTH


93 S.E.2d 130 (1956)

198 Va. 148

Richard Carr BRYANT v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 18, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hudson Branham and Daniel F. Terry, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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


SPRATLEY, Justice.

The appellant, Richard Carr Bryant, complains of an order of the trial court adjudging him guilty of contempt, and imposing on him a sentence of twelve months in jail.

It is stipulated by the appellant and the Commonwealth that the incidents leading to the judgment complained of are these:

On September 20, 1954, appellant's wife, Rose Marie Bryant, upon her plea of guilty, was convicted, in the Circuit Court of Hanover County, of...

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