Covington v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania county. By the verdict and judgment under review the accused, W. D. Covington, was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to confinement in the-, penitentiary for seven years.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania county. By the verdict and judgment under review the accused, W. D. Covington, was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to confinement in the-, penitentiary for seven years. The accused was in Henry county, Virginia, when he fired the fatal shot, which struck the deceased in Pittsylvania county, Virginia (the accused being at the time in the former county, near the line dividing it from the latter county, and the deceased being at the time near such line but in the latter county); and the deceased, after receiving…
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:
The first question presented by the assignments of error for our decision is this:
[1] 1. Did the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania county have jurisdiction of the case under the provisions of section 4398 of the Code?
The question must be answered in the affirmative.
Section 4398 of the Code is as follows: “If any person be stricken or poisoned in and die by reason thereof out of the State, the offender shall be guilty, and be prosecuted and punished, as if death had occurred in the county or corporation in…
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