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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 555 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1956 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64672,"section_number":"19.2-190.1","catch_line":"Certification of ancillary misdemeanor offenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-190.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":162759,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59714,"identifier":"16.1-136","token":"16.1\/7\/2\/16.1-136","url":"\/16.1-136\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-136\/","token":"16.1\/7\/2\/16.1-136","dublin_core":{"Title":"How appeal tried","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-136","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> taken under the provisions of this chapter shall be heard <span class=\"dictionary\">de novo<\/span> in the <span class=\"dictionary\">appellate<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> and shall be tried without formal <span class=\"dictionary\">pleadings<\/span> in writing; and, except in the case of an <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> from any <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> not of record forfeiting any <span class=\"dictionary\">recognizance<\/span> or revoking any suspension of sentence, the <span class=\"dictionary\">accused<\/span> shall be entitled to <span class=\"dictionary\">trial<\/span> by a <span class=\"dictionary\">jury<\/span> in the same manner as if he had been indicted for the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> in the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW APPEAL TRIED (\u00a7 16.1-136)\n\nAny appeal taken under the provisions of this chapter shall be heard de novo in\nthe appellate court and shall be tried without formal pleadings in writing; and,\nexcept in the case of an appeal from any order or judgment of a court not of\nrecord forfeiting any recognizance or revoking any suspension of sentence, the\naccused shall be entitled to trial by a jury in the same manner as if he had\nbeen indicted for the offense in the circuit court.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 555.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}