Richards v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Floyd county.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
'The first error assigned by the prisoner is to the action of the circuit court in ordering the venire for his trial to he summoned from a county other than that in which the offence was alleged to have been committed and the accused was tried.
The bill of exception taken to this action of the court shows *883that the order was made upon the motion of the commonwealth over the prisoner’s objection, without any evidence except “the record” in the cause.
The authority for summoning a jury from another county or •corporation is found in section 4024: of the Code, and is as follows: “In any criminal…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McCue v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. v. KnightSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
- O'Boyle v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901
- Barley v. ByrdSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Jordan v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1874
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Cosner v. SeeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
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- Douglass v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1934
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