Commonwealth v. Clopton
Supreme Court of Virginia
By an act of assembly passed 29th January 1823, entitled “ an act concerning the superiour court of law of Henrico county,” if was enacted, that the judge of that court should hold three terms in each year for the trial of criminal causes, in addition to the two terms for the trial of civiL causes; and that the judge of the general court assigned to the fourth judicial circuit (to which, according to the then existing arrangement of the courts, Henrico belonged) should…
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By an act of assembly passed 29th January 1823, entitled “ an act concerning the superiour court of law of Henrico county,” if was enacted, that the judge of that court should hold three terms in each year for the trial of criminal causes, in addition to the two terms for the trial of civiL causes; and that the judge of the general court assigned to the fourth judicial circuit (to which, according to the then existing arrangement of the courts, Henrico belonged) should receive, in addition to the salary then allowed him (which was 1500 dollars) the animal sum of 300 dollars. In the new…
1Opinion of the CourtBrockenbrough, J.
By the 5th article, section 1st, of our present constitution, the judicial power is vested (besides other courts, judges and justices) “in such superiour courts as the legislature may from time to time ordain and establish and the jurisdiction of the judicial tribunals, and of the judges thereof, is to be regulated by law. These provisions authorize the legislature to model the superiour courts (inferiour, however, to the supreme court) in any manner that its wisdom and experience may suggest, and to reform, alter, or even abolish them (taking care to substitute other superiour courts in…
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