Wash v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
On the 18th of February 1861, Harvey Wash was indicted hy the grand jury of the Hustings conrt of the city of Richmond, held hy the judge thereof, for feloniously uttering and attempting to employ as true, to Richard Emmerson, one piece of false, forged and base coin, forged to the likeness of a quarter eagle, a gold coin current by law and usage in this State, he knowing the same to be false and forged, with intent to defraud, &g.
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On the 18th of February 1861, Harvey Wash was indicted hy the grand jury of the Hustings conrt of the city of Richmond, held hy the judge thereof, for feloniously uttering and attempting to employ as true, to Richard Emmerson, one piece of false, forged and base coin, forged to the likeness of a quarter eagle, a gold coin current by law and usage in this State, he knowing the same to be false and forged, with intent to defraud, &g. Upon the motion of the prisoner the trial was postponed to the March term of the court: And at the March term he was tried and convicted by the jury, and they…
1Opinion of the Court
Allen P.
delivered the opinion of the court:
The plaintiff in error was indicted in the Hustings court of the city of Bichmond on the 18th day of February 1861; and the trial at the instance of the accused, was postponed until the March term of said court. At that term when the cause was called for trial, and after the same was pronounced to be ready for trial, the accused moved the court to quash the venire facias y because it had not been issued more than twenty days before the said term of the court, and for other errors alleged to be apparent on the face of the writ, but not mentioned by…
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