Legal Opinion

Wright v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 12, 1911PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court county. of Buckingham

1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.

The first question to be disposed of is the motion of the Commonwealth to have this writ of error dismissed as improvidently awarded, upon the ground that the bills of exception relied on were not signed and made parts of the record in the manner and within the time prescribed by the statute.

The final order which was entered on the 23rd day of March, 1910, provides, in part, as follows: “And the prisoner having expressed a wish to apply for a writ of error, this sentence is suspended for ninety days from the adjournment of this court, and the prisoner is allowed sixty days from the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jones v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1911
  2. G. S. Sexton & Co. v. C. Aultman & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  3. Wingfield v. McGheeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Dye v. SkeenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
  2. Raymond Thomas Council v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1956
  3. Walker v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  4. Bragg v. JustisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
  5. Patterson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924

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