ROTHFUSS v. COMMONWEALTH


94 S.E.2d 532 (1956)

198 Va. 461

Charles A. ROTHFUSS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. S. Wright, Jr., Woodstock, for plaintiff in error.

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

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


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Charles A. Rothfuss, seeks by this writ of error to reverse a judgment entered on a verdict convicting him of perjury and imposing a fine of $700. The decisive question presented is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the verdict.

The indictment for perjury is based on the testimony that appellant gave in his own behalf before the trial justice (now county judge) of Page county when tried on a warrant charging him...

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