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Commonwealth v. NutterCommonwealth v. Nutter

General Court of Virginia
Jun 26, 1852
Reporters:
Before:
Field
Field, J.

delivered the resolution of the Court.

The Court is of ‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍opinion and doth decide in relation to the first question adjourned, that the Court ought to ‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍overrule the motion to strike the case from the docket.

In relation to the fourth question adjourned, that ‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍the demurrer to each count and to the whole indictment ought to be overruled.

And in relation to ‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍the other two questions adjourned, the Court declines to express any opinion ; as these questions ‍‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍are in the opinion of the Court prematurely adjourned.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth v. Nutter
Court Name: General Court of Virginia
Date Published: Jun 26, 1852
Citation: 8 Va. 699
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