Sands v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
This is an indictment in the Hustings court of the city of Richmond, against Johnson H. Bands, for forgery. It is founded on the same writing on which the indictment against Chahoon was based; and is in totidem ve?'bis, except the substitution of the name of Sands for that of Chahoon.
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This is an indictment in the Hustings court of the city of Richmond, against Johnson H. Bands, for forgery. It is founded on the same writing on which the indictment against Chahoon was based; and is in totidem ve?'bis, except the substitution of the name of Sands for that of Chahoon. The indictment was found on the 4th of June, 1870, the last day of the May term of the court, and Sands not being in custody, a capias was awarded to bring him into court on the first day of the next term. He was, accordingly, brought into court on the first day of the June term; and during the term the trial,…
1Opinion of the CourtChristian, J.
This day came as well the plaintiff in error, by his counsel, as the attorney-general in behalf of the Commonwealth, and the court having maturely considered the transcript of the record of the judgment aforesaid, and the arguments of counsel, is of opinion that there was no error in the judgment of the Hustings court of the city of Richmond in refusing to discharge the prisoner from farther prosecution upon the ground that three regular terms of said court had passed without his trial.
The 34th section of chapter 208, of Sess. Acts, 1866-7, is in these words: “Every person charged *815with…
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