Coleman v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Louisa county, refusing writ of error to judgment of county court of said county, rendered 16tli April, 1887, against Burton Coleman upon an indictment for rape, and sentencing Mm, in accordance with the verdict, to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of ten years.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The first -question in the ease relates to the action of the county court in overruling the prisoner’s motion to quash the writ of venire facias. The motion was based on two grounds:
1. For errors apparent on the face of the-writ; and 2. Because, as alleged, all of the twenty-four persons whose names appeared upon the list attached to the writ were colored men, and that the judge had intentionally summoned colored men for the trial of the case.
In support of the first ground, it is contended, that the list furnished to the sheriff, and attached to…
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