Spurgeon v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of the judge of circuit court of Russell county, in vacation, affirming judgment of county court of said county, rendered at its March term, 1887, whereby plaintiff in error was sentenced, in accordance with the verdict of the jury, to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of twenty years for the alleged carnal knowledge of a female child under twelve years of age.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The proceedings in this case appear to have been very irregularly conducted, hut no objection, on that ground, appears to have been made by the accused in the county court.
There are copied into the record what purport to be three writs of venire facias. The first bears date February 25th, 1887, and commands the sheriff to summon “ sixteen good and lawful jurors,” whose names are given, to appear on the first day of the March term. But it does not recite, nor does it appear from the record, by whom the list of names was furnished.
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