Old v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
*At the May term for 1866 of the Circuit Court of Halifax county, the grand jury- made a presentment against William J. Old, in the words following; “We present William J. Old, a constable of the first magisterial district in the county of Halifax, for this, that he did on the 7th day of September, 1865, in the county of Halifax, then and there acting as constable as aforesaid, and authorized by law to serve legal .process, unlawfully receive twenty-five dollars from James…
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*At the May term for 1866 of the Circuit Court of Halifax county, the grand jury- made a presentment against William J. Old, in the words following; “We present William J. Old, a constable of the first magisterial district in the county of Halifax, for this, that he did on the 7th day of September, 1865, in the county of Halifax, then and there acting as constable as aforesaid, and authorized by law to serve legal .process, unlawfully receive twenty-five dollars from James M. Moore, in consideration of which, he then and there unlawfully undertook and agreed to dismiss a warrant then pending…
1Opinion of the CourtRives, J.
The petitioner in this case was convicted at the October term, 1866, of the Circuit Court for the county of Halifax, of having received a bribe for the non-performance of a duty pertaining to his office as constable. The case is brought to this court upon a bill of exceptions to the court’s refusal of a new trial on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the evidence. This is the whole and only case presented by the record. If there be, as it is now alleged any defect in the indictment, it escaped the notice of the petitioner’s counsel below, and was not availed of either by demurrer…
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