Robertson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to circuit court, Franklin county ; George D. Peters, Judge. Joseph B. Robertson was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
Joseph B. Robertson, under an indictment in the county court of Franklin county for the murder of Malcolm Cundiff, was on November 9, 1893, convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of eight years. From this judgment of the county court a writ of error was obtained to this court, having been refused by the circuit court of Franklin county. The three bills of exceptions to the rulings of the trial court are very imperfectly and irregularly prepared, and in such a manner that we cannot say that the evidence at the trial is properly before this court;…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cash v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
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