Richards v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Shenandoah county, refusing a writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the county court of said county, rendered August 11th, 1884, sentencing the plaintiffs in error, John C. Richards, B. F. Fry and A: B. Fauver, to confinement in the penitentiary for the period of seven years, in accordance with the verdict of the jury at the trial of an indictment against them for arson.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Shenandoah county, refusing a writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the county court of said county, rendered August 11th, 1884, sentencing the plaintiffs in error, John C. Richards, B. F. Fry and A: B. Fauver, to confinement in the penitentiary for the period of seven years, in accordance with the verdict of the jury at the trial of an indictment against them for arson. The first count of the indictment charged them with feloniously and maliciously burning, in the night time, the dwelling-house of William Windle. The second count charged them…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The case is as follows : The plaintiffs in error were indicted in the county court of Shenandoah county, at the August term of said court, 1884, for burning a dwelling-house on the 18th day of October, 1881, in the night time, and for burning a certain other house, not described or designated, in the night time. &
Upon their arraignment the accused severally pleaded not guilty. The accused then moved the court to quash the indictment, and entered a demurrer to the indictment, and to each count thereof, which were received by the court, although *112made after the plea of not guilty, time being…
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