Welch v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of city of Norfolk, rendered March 7, 1893, whereby John Welsh, the plaintiff iu error, was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for the period of seven years. Opinion states the ease.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted in the corporation court of Norfolk for grand larceny on the 7th day of March, 1893, and on the 24th day of the same month he was tried by a jury .and convicted, and his term of imprisonment fixed at seven *319years in the penitentiary. The accused moved the court to set aside the said verdict and grant to him a new trial; but the court overruled the motion and rendered judgment in accordance with the verdict, and the prisoner excepted. The prisoner thereupon brought the case here by writ of error. There were two exceptions taken by the plaintiff in error to…
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