Wright v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment, of circuit court of Roanoke county, rendered 9th April, 1886, affirming judgment of county court of said county, rendered 17th March, 1886, sentencing Lewis Wright, whom a jury had found guilty of burglary, and fixed his confinement in the penitentiary at the period of five years. Exceptions were taken to several rulings of the county court, and a writ of error and supersedeas was obtained by the prisoner from one of the judges of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
The indictment contains two counts. The first count charges the burglary and the larceny of certain “ labor tickets.” The petitioner insisted that he should not be compelled to go to trial on the said first count, because the description of the property alleged to have been stolen was too uncertain and vague to enable him to meet the charge; and he moved the court to quash the said first count; which motion the court overruled.
The petitioner also demurred to the entire indictment upon the ground that, had the first count been quashed, the other count would have no caption, and no venue would…
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