Reed v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error- to a judgment of the County Court of Madison county, rendered September 4, 1899, on a prosecution for murder, wherein the plaintiff in error was found guilty of murder of the first degree, and sentenced to 'be hanged.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
At the April term of the County Court of Madison county, 1899, plaintiff in error was indicted for murder of his wife, Minnie Reed. He demurred to the indictment. His demurrer was overruled, and he was thereupon arraigned and pleaded not guilty, and the case was set for trial on the fourth day of May next succeeding. The trial was then had, and a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree Avas rendered, and the prisoner was sentenced to he hanged, hut a writ of error was obtained from the Circuit Court which set aside the verdict, and awarded a new trial. At the July term of the County…
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