Jessie v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Roanoke.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
Plaintiff in error, John H. Jessie, was indicted in the Corporation Court of the city of Roanoke for the murder of David F. Marshall, and upon his trial was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for the term of twelve years. The case is before us upon a writ of error to that judgment.
The accused was the proprietor of a lodging house in Roanoke, known as the “Tip Top Hotel,” on the ground floor of which building Tate’s bar-room was located. On the night of October 11, 1910, Marshall Angelí and David F. Marshall, the deceased, both of whom…
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