Commonwealth v. Brown
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of the city of Norfolk, pronounced June 1, 1893, sentencing the plaintiff in error, Madison Brown, to be hanged for the murder of John Dollard, in that city, on the 7th day of April, 1893. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The prisoner was jointly indicted with one Boush for the murder of John Dollard. Upon their arraignment the defendants elected to be tried separately, and the first question arising upon the trial of the plaintiff' in error, Brown, relates to the action of the court in calling as a witness the said Boush. It appears from the bill of exceptions that the attorney for the commonwealth declined to call Boush as a witness for the prosecution, and that he was called by the court at the suggestion of his own attorney. It also appears that, upon being…
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