Legal Opinion
Newberry v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 8, 1951No. Record 3869PublishedCited by 12 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, J.
In the month of January, 1949, Samuel L. Newberry, sometimes hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was living with his brother, Ralph A. Newberry, and the látter’s wife on a farm near the village of Mechanicsburg in Bland county. The couple had been married in the preceding August.
On the night of January 10, 1949, Samuel L. Newberry, accompanied by his three brothers, went to the sheriff of Bland county and told him that he had killed his brother’s wife, decapitated the body, burned the head in the stove at the residence, and deposited the body beside the highway on Walker’s mountain.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Barry v. TrauxNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1904
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