Gilligan v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the County Court of Isle of Wight county, rendered August 7, 1900, whereby the plaintiff in error was sentenced to the penitentiary for eighteen years on a verdict of guilty of murder of the second degree.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Gilligan was indicted in the County Court of Isle of Wight for the murder of C. P. Turner, was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for the term of eighteen years.
The case presents some unusual features. Ko bill of exception was taken during the trial, and there is, therefore, no record of the rulings of the court upon the admission of testimony, upon the instructions to the jury, nor of the evidence introduced upon the trial.
After the prisoner had been conveyed to the penitentiary, a transcript was obtained of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Crump v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
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