RICH v. COMMONWEALTH


94 S.E.2d 549 (1956)

198 Va. 445

James E. RICH, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Ralph James, Hampton (James, Richardson & James, Hampton, on brief), 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.


SPRATLEY, Justice.

James E. Rich, Jr., hereinafter called the defendant, was found guilty by a jury of violating the Sunday Law, Virginia Code 1950, § 18-329, as amended by Acts 1954, chapter 131, and fined $100. The warrant upon which he was tried charged the defendant with laboring at his trade or calling by operating a retail grocery store on Sunday, June 12, 1955. It negatived the fact that he was engaged in household work or other work of necessity.

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