Hodges v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Franklin county, rendered at its May term, 1891, whereby the plaintiff in error, Octavia Hodges, was, in accordance with the verdict of the jury at .the trial of an indictment against her for the murder of one R. J. Cunningham, sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for the 'term of six years. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The first error assigned here is that the court erred in overruling the motion of the accused to quash the indictment, because the finding of the grand jury upon the indictment was not recorded, as is held to be necessary in Cawood’s Case, 2 Va. Cas. 527; Price’s Case, 21 Gratt. 864. This case, in. that respect, is not defective. The record shows that the grand jury returned into court, and presented “ an indictment against Octavia Hodges for murder—a true bill ”; which indictment is recited. The circuit court did not, therefore, err in this action, as the finding of 'the grand jury was duly…
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