Cremeans v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of the Circuit Court of Giles county, sentencing the plaintiff in error to he hanged. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This writ of error is to a judgment of conviction of the plaintiff in error, Morris Cremeans, of murder in the first degree.
It appears that on the night of April 24, 1905, Cremeans shot George Kid, while the latter was in hed at his home in-Giles county, inflicting upon him a mortal wound of which he died a few days thereafter. Cremeans was pursued by the officers of the law, arrested the day following the shooting, in Bluefield, W. Va., and brought back into Virginia without a requisition. Having waived a preliminary examination, he was lodged in jail to await indictment and trial.
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