Cullen v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
At the July term 1873, of the Hustings court of the city of Richmond, an indictment was sent to the grand jury against John S. Meredith, Wm. L. Royall, Wm. R. Trigg and Wm. B. Tabb, for the murder of John B. Mordecai; and Dr. J. G. Dorsay Cullen was sworn and sent with other witnesses to the grand jury to testify in relation to the case.
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At the July term 1873, of the Hustings court of the city of Richmond, an indictment was sent to the grand jury against John S. Meredith, Wm. L. Royall, Wm. R. Trigg and Wm. B. Tabb, for the murder of John B. Mordecai; and Dr. J. G. Dorsay Cullen was sworn and sent with other witnesses to the grand jury to testify in relation to the case. Before the grand jury Dr. Cullen was asked to state what he knew of a duel between ~W. Page McCarty and John B. Mordecai, near Oakwood cemetery. To this enquiry Dr. Cullen declined to answer; and this refusal having been communicated to the court by the grand…
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
Doctor J. S. Dorsay Cullen was sent before the grand jury of the Hustings court of the city of Richmond to ' give evidence on behalf of the Commonwealth on au indictment charging John S. Meredith, William L. Royall, William R. Trigg and William B. Tabb with the murder of John B. Mordecai, as principals, in the second degree, and accessories before the fact, the actual killing being charged to have been accomplished by W. Page McCarty. When Dr. Cullen appeared before the grand jury the following question was propounded to him: “ State all you know in regard to a duel alleged to have taken…
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