Boxley v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
At the July term of the County court of' Halifax, Wilson Boxley, colored, was indicted for a rape upon Martha H. Spencer. At the same term of the court he was brought to the bar, and being arraigned pleaded not guilty, and on his motion the case was continued. He was thereupon remanded to the Circuit court of the county for trial at its September term; and on his motion he was allowed to give bail for his appearance at the Circuit court.
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At the July term of the County court of' Halifax, Wilson Boxley, colored, was indicted for a rape upon Martha H. Spencer. At the same term of the court he was brought to the bar, and being arraigned pleaded not guilty, and on his motion the case was continued. He was thereupon remanded to the Circuit court of the county for trial at its September term; and on his motion he was allowed to give bail for his appearance at the Circuit court. At the September term of the Circuit court Boxley appeared, and upon his trial was found guilty by the jury, who ascertained the term of his imprisonment in…
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
Several objections have been taken by the counsel for-the plaintiff in error to the judgment of the court below in this case, involving questions of both law and fact, and have been argued with much learning and ability; but in the view taken of the case by this court we deem it necessary to consider only the questions arising under-the last assignment of error. After the jury had rendered a verdict of guilty and fixed the term of the prisoner’s confinement in the penitentiary at ten years, he-moved the court to set aside the verdict and award him a new trial on the following grounds:
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