Forbes v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of county court of Appomattox county, rendered at its July term, 1892, in a prosecution against Kob-ert A. Forbes for unlawful shooting with intent to maim, etc. A writ of error to the said judgment having been refused by the judge of the circuit court of the said county, a writ of error was awarded by one of the judges of this court. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff in error was indicted at the May term, 1892, of the county court of Appomattox for malicious shooting, and *551at the same term was convicted of unlawful shooting, the punishment ascertained by the jury being thirty days’ imprisonment in jail and a fine of $200. The court set aside the verdict, and awarded a new trial, and at the ensuing July term the defendant was again tried under the same indictment. The clerk charged the jury on the second trial to ascertain whether the defendant was guilty of unlawful shooting, and in the event they…
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