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JONES v. COMMONWEALTH

170 S.E.2d 779 (1969)

Ernest Thomas JONES v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. Alvin HALL v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 1, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. W. Tucker, Richmond (Harold M. Marsh, Richmond, Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, New York City, Hill, Tucker & Marsh, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

M. Harris Parker, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and COCHRAN, HARMAN, I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON and HARRISON, JJ.

SNEAD, Chief Justice.

Ernest Thomas Jones and Alvin Hall, on pleas of not guilty, were convicted at separate trials and on separate warrants charging that each did "unlawfully assemble without the authority of law and for the purpose of disturbing the peace or exciting public alarm or disorder." Code, § 18.1-254.1(c).1 A jury fixed the punishment of Jones at confinement in jail for a period of 12 months and a fine of $100. Another...

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