Thomas v. Commonwealth

*Hudgins, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of .error brings under review the proceedings of a trial in which James Thomas was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing his aunt, Mattie Hall, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The dominant question presented is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the verdict.

Mattie Hall, who lived at the home of Hampton Cooper, in Goochland county, failed to return home on Monday, March 4, 1946. Search for her was begun on Tuesday and continued until Thursday morning, March 7, when her body was found in Lickinghole Creek near…