Shelton v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Prince William county, affirming judgment of county court of said county, rendered February 2d, 1892, whereby the plaintiff in error, Ephraim Shelton, was, in accordance with the verdict of the jury in the trial of an indictment, against him for burglary, sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of .five years. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The prisoner was indicted on the 7th of December, 1891, in the county court of Prince William county, for burglary. On the same day he demurred to the indictment, but the demurrer was overruled; whereupon, being arraigned, he pleaded “not guilty.” The case was then, by consent, continued until the next term, and the prisoner was remanded to jail. On the 4th of January, 1892, the case, as the record states, was continued until the next morning, the 5th of January, and on the last-mentioned day the following entry was made on the record— viz. : “…
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