Law v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Tliis was a writ of error to a judgment of tlie judge of tlie circuit court of Franklin county, Virginia, refusing a writ of error to a judgment of tlie county court of said county, sentencing Nathaniel Thomas Law to imprisonment in the penitentiary for three years, on a conviction, as principal in the second degree for aiding and abetting his elder brother, John Henry Law, in an attempt by the latter to commit a rape on Martha Saunders, a girl ten years old.
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Tliis was a writ of error to a judgment of tlie judge of tlie circuit court of Franklin county, Virginia, refusing a writ of error to a judgment of tlie county court of said county, sentencing Nathaniel Thomas Law to imprisonment in the penitentiary for three years, on a conviction, as principal in the second degree for aiding and abetting his elder brother, John Henry Law, in an attempt by the latter to commit a rape on Martha Saunders, a girl ten years old. The whole case, as disclosed by the record, is fully stated in the opinion of the court by Staples, J.
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
The accused was indicted in the county court of Franklin as principal in the second degree, for aiding and abetting one John Henry Law in committing the crime of rape. Upon the trial, the Commonwealth proved the offence, and that John H. Law, the principal in the first degree, had been convicted and sentenced to three years confinement in the penitentiary. It was further proved that the accused, at the time of the commission of the offence, was of the age of eleven years and eleven months. After the testimony was concluded his counsel asked the court to give the jury the following…
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