Cash v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to circuit court, King George county. The plaintiff in error, Edgar Cash, was tried for the murder of one Henry Speaks, and convicted by the jury of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced for five years to the penitentiary.
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Error to circuit court, King George county. The plaintiff in error, Edgar Cash, was tried for the murder of one Henry Speaks, and convicted by the jury of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced for five years to the penitentiary. The facts referred to as being in bill of exceptions No. 2, page 11 of the record, are that after the first list and first venire facias in this cause were issued, on Saturday, the 7th day of April, the prisoner moved to quash the writ of venire facias, which, before trial, was done; and on Monday, the 9th day of April, issued a new writ of venire facias, taking a new…
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
*3Edgar Cash was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the county court of King George county, at the April term, 1894, upon an indictment charging him, together with Henry Campbell, Henry Hall, Jefferson Cash, and Needham Williams, with the murder of one Henry Speaks, and his punishment fixed by the jury at five years’ confinement in the state penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was made, and refused by the county court; and, upon application to the judge of the circuit court of King George county, a writ of error to the county court was refused. To this refusal by the judge of the circuit…
2Cited by1 opinion
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