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4 Va. 522

Commonwealth v. Alexander

General Court of Virginia

Decided June 15, 1808

General Court of Virginia · decided 1808-06-15

THIS was an adjourned case from the District Court oi , , . . , , Hay market, upon an information and verdict against Jom: Alexander, a Justice of the Peace, in the county of Loudoun, for tak‘inS his seat (tke 9th of August, 1803) “ on the bench of the said County Court, and acting as a Justice and member of the Court then and there sitting, in giving hie ... “ ° . vote upon a judicial question and examination at the time depending in the said Court, and in signing the…

Decided 1808-06-15

¶1And now, at a General Court, holden at the Capitol, in the City of Richmond., on the thirteenth day of June, 1808, Present, John Tyler, Robert White, jun. Francis T. Brooke, Hugh Holmes, Archibald Stuart, and William Nelson, Judges, the following opinion was entered on the points submitted.

¶2“ It is the unanimous opinion of this Court, that judgment of amotion from the office of Justice of the Peace ought to be rendered against the said John Alexander, and that no further testimony is admissible before the District Court.”

¶3“ Which is ordered to be certified to the District Court, Iiolden at Hay market. ” •

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