Supreme Court of Virginia June 11, 1896 (Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Commonwealth)

Buchanan, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was indicted in the County Court of Appomattox county for violating sec. 3801 of the Code, which is as follows:

“ No railroad company, receiver, or trustee controlling or operating a railroad, shall by any agent or employee, load, unload, run or transport upon such road on a Sunday, any car, train of cars, or locomotive, nor