Alexander v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of county court of Clarke county to which the judge of the circuit court of said county denied a writ of error, at the trial of an indictment against one Alexander for larceny. The jury found a verdict of guilty^ and fixed the term of his imprisonment in the penitentiary at five years. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Alexander, the plaintiff in error, was indicted in the county court of Clarke county for larceny. The indictment contains *810a single count, and charges that the accused “ on the 28th day of October, 1893, in the said county, two hogs of the value of $15 62 each, and two hogs ot the value of $10 each, the goods and chattels of J. Frank G-alloway, and two hogs of the value of $15 each, the goods and chattels of Aaron Price, then and there being, feloniously did steal, take and carry away,” etc. A motion by the prisoner to quash the indictment was…
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