Woods v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Franklin county affirming a judgment of county court of said county rendered December 16,1889, whereby Nannie Woods, the plaintiff in error, was sentenced to be hanged, in accordance with the verdict at the trial of an indictment against her and others for arson.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The only question in this case is, whether the county court erred in overruling the prisoner’s motion for a new trial. The evidence (not the facts) is certified, and hence the case must be disposed of as on a demurrer to evidence. Code, sec. 3484.
*930It appears from tlie certificate of evidence that, on the 7th of October, 1889, in the night, the warehouse of Hale & Bin-ford, in the town of Rocky Mount, was set on fire, by the burning whereof, the dwelling house mentioned in the indictment was burnt. The principal witness for the commonwealth was…
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