Forde v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
At tlie February term 1864, of tbe Hustings court of the city of Richmond, Robert S. Forde was tried for tbe murder of Robert E. Dixon.
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At tlie February term 1864, of tbe Hustings court of the city of Richmond, Robert S. Forde was tried for tbe murder of Robert E. Dixon. On the trial various questions were made, and exceptions taken by the prisoner to the rulings of the court; and the jury having found him guilty of murder in the second degree, and ascertained the term of his confinement in the penitentiary at eighteen yearst and the court having pronounced # judgment upon him in pursuance of the verdict; he obtained a writ of error to the judgment from this court. • There were but two questions considered by this court: and…
1Opinion of the Court
Allen, P.
The record in this case nowhere states the facts proved, or all the evidence offered upon the trial. Each bill of exceptions sets out only so much of the testimony as was necessary to show the relevancy of the question raised and decided by the court; and the correctness of the "rulings of the court- upon the isolated questions is the only matter for consideration here. Erom the bill of exceptions first in order, numbered second in the transcript of the record, it appears, that after the accused had been permitted to withdraw the plea of not guilty, theretoftíre pleaded, he moved to…
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