Schwartz v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an indictment for perjury in the hustings court of the city of Manchester. On the trial the jury found the prisoner guilty, and assessed his fine at one dollar, and the court sentenced him to imprisonment in the jail of the city for one year. There were a number of exceptions taken by the prisoner to rulings of the court; but this court only considered the question on the motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was not sustained by the evidence.
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This was an indictment for perjury in the hustings court of the city of Manchester. On the trial the jury found the prisoner guilty, and assessed his fine at one dollar, and the court sentenced him to imprisonment in the jail of the city for one year. There were a number of exceptions taken by the prisoner to rulings of the court; but this court only considered the question on the motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was not sustained by the evidence. The facts are set out in the opinion of Judge Staples. On the application of the prisoner this court awarded him a writ of…
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
The prisoner was indicted for perjury in the hustings court of the city of Manchester, and was convicted and sentenced to confinement in the jail of the city for one year. After the verdict was rendered, he moved the court to grant him a new trial, upon the ground that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the law and the evidence. His motion was overruled, and the prisoner excepted. His bill of exceptions contains all the facts proved on the trial, from which it appears that the prisoner was examined as a witness upon the trial of Joseph Turner, before the mayor of Manchester, upon the…
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