Nicholas v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Petition for a writ of error to an order of the Circuit Court of Henrico county fixing another day for the execution of the judgment of death of the petitioner.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
The sole ground of the petition for a writ of error in this case relates to the right of the Circuit Court of Henrico county to fix another day for the execution of the judgment of death pronounced against the petitioner on December 21, 1893.
The petitioner was indicted in the County Court of said county for murder, and upon his election, agreeably to the statute then in force, was tried in the said Circuit Court. *814Upon Ms trial, he was found by the jury guilty of murder of the first degree. The court pronounced the judgment of death on the verdict according to law, and fixed a day for the…
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