Commonwealth v. M'Caul

The prisoner was indicted in the Superior Court of law for Henrico county, in April 1812, for the felonious stealing, taking and carrying away from the treasury of the commonwealth, and from the custody of 272 John Preston *the treasurer, a large sum of money, to wit, seventeen thousand dollars in bank notes, and seventeen silver crowns of the value of eighteen dollars seventy cents, of the current coin of this commonwealth. He was convicted by the jury, and on the last day of the term, the following order was made by the superior court.

“At a superior court of law held for Henrico county at…