Anderson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Campbell county, rendered March 22, 1902, affirming the judgment of the County Court of said county, rendered December 10, 1901, whereby the plaintiff in error was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of eight years on a conviction of murder of the second degree.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Campbell county, rendered March 22, 1902, affirming the judgment of the County Court of said county, rendered December 10, 1901, whereby the plaintiff in error was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of eight years on a conviction of murder of the second degree. On the hearing of this case in the Circuit Court, on a writ of error awarded to the County Court, a bill of exception was taken to the action of the Circuit judge in directing a certificate of the clerk of the County Court to be filed before him showing when the bills of exception…
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Campbell _ county affirming the judgment of the County Court of that county, sentencing plaintiff in error to the penitentiary for a term of eight years for murder.
It is argued on behalf of the Commonwealth that the bills of exception taken by plaintiff in error at his trial are not properly a part of the record here, because not tendered and signed during the term at which he was tried.
All that can be alleged in support of this contention is that the record shows that the defendant (plaintiff in error) was allowed thirty days in…
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