Whitehurst v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of Norfolk city, rendered 27th March, 1884, on an indictment against Charles L. Whitehurst for the murder of Junius A. Rogers on 20th January, 1884. Verdict, guilty of murder in the second degree,-and confinement in the penitentiary twelve years. Judgment accordingly. To this judgment Whitehurst obtained from one of the judges of this court a writ of error and supersedeas. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
The prisoner, Charles L. Whitehurst, was indicted in the corporation court of the city of Norfolk, jointly with William A. Kemp and James T. Guy, for the murder of one Junius A. Rogers. Upon the trial he was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of twelve years. Whereupon he obtained a writ of error from one of the judges of this court. As grounds for a reversal of that judgment he assigns four errors, which will he considered in the order in which they are presented in the petition.
The first of these is, that the court below…
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