Joyce v. Commonwealth

Lewis, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was indicted in the county court •of Elizabeth City county for the murder of Thomas C. Phillips, and having upon his arraignment demanded to be tried in the circuit court of that county, he was accordingly tried in the latter court, found guilty of murder in "the second degree and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of sixteen years. Four errors are assigned in the petition to this court for a writ of error to the judgment of the circuit court. The subject of the first assignment of error is the refusal…