CALDWELL v. COMMONWEALTH


94 S.E.2d 537 (1956)

198 Va. 454

Frank Randolph CALDWELL, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip White and William N. Eason, Norfolk, for plaintiff in error.

R. D. McIlwaine, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief), for defendant in error.

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


EGGLESTON, Justice.

On this writ of error Frank Randolph Caldwell, Jr., hereinafter referred to as the defendant, challenges the validity of a judgment entered upon a jury's verdict finding him guilty of violating Code, § 46-189, commonly referred to as the hit-and-run statute, and imposing upon him a fine of $200 and the cost of the prosecution.

The statute reads thus:

"Duty of driver to stop, etc...

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