Jones v. Commonwealth

Charles Jones, the accused, was convicted of malicious cutting with intent to Mil and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year. He assigns error.

The first assignment of error is the action of the court in overriding accused’s motion to continue his case until after the trial of Warner Richardson.

The accused and Richardson were both indicted under the maiming act, at the February term, 1921, of Charles City circuit court. The accused was put on trial, which resulted in a hung jury. At the April term, on account of a defect in the indictment, a new indictment was returned against the accused,…