Virginia v. Flint

Given, Judge:

The defendant, Randolph A. Flint, on November 16, 1954, at a regular term of the Circuit Court of Nicholas County, was indicted for murder of Freda Garrett Flint, the wife of defendant. Defendant was tried at the May, 1955, term of the court, and a verdict of murder of the first degree, with recommendation, was returned by the jury. On September 14, 1955, defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of his life.

The homicide occurred on the night of September 29 or the early morning of September 30, 1954, at a place of business known as the “Wagon Wheel”, on Fenwick…