Seymour v. Commonwealth

The plaintiffs in error, who were jointly tried, have been found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to twenty years confinement in the penitentiary. They, together with one J. G. Moore, who was the chief witness for the Commonwealth, were jointly indicted for the murder of one Hadie Sasaki, a member of the crew of a merchant vessel owned by a Japanese corporation, while the vessel was in the Elizabeth river a few hundred yards from the Lambert’s Point pier. •

The evidence upon which the Commonwealth relies to justify this conviction may be thus summarized: The accused were…