Hatchett v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Brunswick county, rendered 21st April, 1882, sentencing Oliver Hafcnett to be banged by tbe neck until be be dead, for tbe murder of Moses Young by tbe administration of poison. To tbis judgment Hatcbett obtained a writ of error and supersedeas. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
*1027The plaintiff in error was indicted in the county court of Brunswick county for the murder of Moses Young, by administering to the said Young strychnine poison in whiskey. At the last April term of the circuit court of the said county, he having demanded to be tried in that court, he was put upon his trial, found guilty by the jury, and sentenced to be hanged. After the verdict of the jury was rendered, a motion was made to set it aside as contrary to the law and the evidence, and for a new trial. But the motion was overruled, and the prisoner…
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