Taylor v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Bockbridge county, rendered lOtb March, 1883, affirming tbe judgment of county court of said county, rendered 18th November, 1882, sentencing David H. Taylor alias Thomas Whorley to confinement in the state penitentiary for the term- of four-and-a-half years, the said Taylor having been found guilty on an indictment for Stealing a horse. The facts- and the points raised are fully stated in the. opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
Upon the trial in the circuit court, the accused relied upon the same assignments of error upon which he relies in this court. Of these, the second, third and fourth are the most important. Taken together and disconnectedly from the special facts of the case, they present, for the consideration of this court, the question whether a court can, in any case, after all the evidence for the commonwealth has been introduced and the testimony for the defence has been concluded, adjourn a case over from one day to the next for the purpose of enabling the commonwealth to procure evidence in rebuttal.
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