PARKER v. COMMONWEALTH


208 S.E.2d 757 (1974)

215 Va. 281

C. Waverly PARKER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Waverly Parker, pro se.

David C. Dickey, Commonwealth's Atty. for Greene County, for defendant in error.

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


COCHRAN, Justice.

On September 16, 1973, a writ of quo warranto was issued by the trial court against C. Waverly Parker upon the petition of the Commonwealth's Attorney of Greene County to determine by what authority Parker had laid hands upon one Scott W. Lamb and purported to arrest him for being drunk in public. The petition alleged that the purported arrest was made on July 28, 1973, by Parker, a commissioner in chancery of the Circuit Court of Greene County...

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