Smith v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Lewis:

Appellant, having been indicted for a felony, was in October, 1881, tried and by the verdict of a jury found guilty and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary, but judgment of court was not rendered in pursuance of its verdict until May, 1884.

It appears that he was present at his trial until the case was duly submitted to the jury and they had retired to consider of their verdict. But he then absconded and was absent from the courtroom when thei verdict of the jury was returned and received by the court. His voluntary absence at that time is now made one…