Supreme Court of Virginia November 23, 1882 (Boggs v. Commonwealth)

Staples, J.,

delivei'ed the opinion of the court.

Indictmen ts were found in the county court of Matthews against certain parties for unlawfully and feloniously catching and taking oysters with dredges and for employing certain vessels in the commission of these offences. The accused were convicted and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary.