Jones v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
'The prisoner was committed to the jail of the county •of Rockbridge in September 1867 upon the charge of felony in stealing a horse, the property of ¥m, M. - TIarvey of Botetourt. In April 1868, being still in the jail, he applied to the judge of the Circuit court of Rockbridge, for a writ of habeas corpus, in order to obtain his discharge. The facts are stated by Judge Mon-cure in his opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Moncure, P.
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit court of Rockbridge county, on a writ of habeas carpus. The plaintiff in error was committed to the jail of said county, under a warrant of a j ustice of the peace dated the 7th day of September 1867, for trial in the County court of said county, on the first day of October court 1867, for the offence of horse stealing. On that day an information was filed against him in the said County court for the said offence, and being thereupon arraigned, he demanded to be tried in the Circuit court of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matthews v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1868
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- Ex parte AndersonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
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