PERRY v. COMMONWEALTH


156 S.E.2d 566 (1967)

208 Va. 283

Jesse Thomas PERRY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Woodward, Suffolk, for plaintiff in error.

A. R. Woodroof, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO and GORDON, JJ.


I'ANSON, Justice.

Defendant, Jesse Thomas Perry, was convicted on an indictment charging that he did unlawfully and feloniously set up, promote, and was concerned in the operation and conduct of a lottery, known as the numbers game, in violation of Code § 18.1-340 as amended, and he was sentenced, in accordance with the jury's verdict, to eight years in the penitentiary and fined $5,000. We granted defendant a writ of error to the judgment.

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