Jackson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pulaski county, rendered at its March term, 1899, on a writ of error to a judgment of the County Court of said county, whereby the plaintiff in error was adjudged to be guilty of murder of the second degree and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for seven years.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Jackson was found guilty of murder in the County Court of Pulaski county, and his term of imprisonment ascertained at seven years. During the trial, exceptions were taken to the ruling of the court in giving and refusing instructions, and to its judgment overruling the prisoner’s motion for a new trial upon the ground that the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence. The judgment of the County Court' was affirmed by the Circuit Court. From that judgment a writ of error was allowed, and the case is now before us.
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