Hatchett v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
This is a writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of Brunswick county, rendered at the April term, 1881, sentencing Littleton Hatchett to be hanged, who was indicted jointly with Oliver Hatchett and Henry ■Carroll, for the murder of Moses Young, by poison&emdash;the said Oliver Hatchett as principal, and the others as accessories before the fact.
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This is a writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of Brunswick county, rendered at the April term, 1881, sentencing Littleton Hatchett to be hanged, who was indicted jointly with Oliver Hatchett and Henry ■Carroll, for the murder of Moses Young, by poison&emdash;the said Oliver Hatchett as principal, and the others as accessories before the fact. During the trial the prisoner moved for the following instructions to the jury, marked 1, 2 and 3, as follows: “ 1. Upon the trial of a criminal cause, if a reasonable doubt of any facts necessary to convict the prisoner is…
1Opinion of the Court
Andébson, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The prisoner, Littleton Hatchett, was indicted jointly with Oliver Hatchett and Henry Carroll; Oliver Hatchett for the willful and malicious murder of Moses Young by poison, Henry Carroll and Littleton Hatchett, the prisoner, as accessories before the fact. It is stated in the petition that Carroll has been tried and acquitted. Oliver, who is charged as principal, had not been tried, but was still under arrest.
The court is of opinion that the evidence is insufficient to connect Oliver Hatchett, who is charged as principal with the perpetration…
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