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DOBBINS v. COMMONWEALTH

96 S.E.2d 154 (1957)

198 Va. 697

James DOBBINS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 21, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver W. Hill, Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Richmond (Martin A. Martin, Richmond, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

Frederick T. Gray, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief), for defendant in error.

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

PER CURIAM.

James Dobbins, father of Rosetta Dobbins, a child under sixteen years of age, was charged with violating the compulsory school attendance law, § 22-251, Code 1950, as amended by Acts 1952, ch. 3761 which follows:

"Every parent, guardian, or other person in the Commonwealth, having control or charge of any child, or children, who have reached the seventh birthday and have not passed the sixteenth birthday, shall...

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