Barnes v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lunenburg county, rendered September 12,1895, refusing a writ of error to a judgment of the County Court of said county rendered July 20, 1895, whereby the plaintiff in error was sentenced to be hanged. There was no bill of exception in the case, but the record shows that a motion for a new trial was made and overruled.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The first question to be disposed of is the motion of the Attorney-General and his associate in behalf of the Commonwealth to have the decision of this case upon the merits postponed until the County Court shall have amended the record of this case in that court, so as to make it show:
1st. That sixteen jurors free from exception were selected for the trial of the accused.
2d. That at every adjournment of the court the jury trying *796the case at bar were put in the custody of the sheriff, who was duly sworn as required by law, and that they were each morning returned into court in the custody of…
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