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1 Howison 6

Commonwealth v. Campfield

Henrico County Circuit Court

Decided November 1, 1850

Henrico County Circuit Court · decided 1850-11-01

The Prosecution was founded on Sec. 11, Chapter 192, Code of Virginia. Page 828. “ Any free person who shall be guilty of burglary, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than five, nor more than ten years.

Decided 1850-11-01

¶1When sentence was to be pronounced, and the prisoner was asked if he had any thing to say, he declared that “ that chisel never did break that door.”

Judge Caskie.

¶2John Campfield, I have heard with regret the remark you have just made. You have been fairly tried, and, as I believe, justly convicted. Your youth renders your conviction and the circumstances which led to it matter of sorrow, but j cannot doubt that the verdict was righteous and just, and in accordance therewith I have only to pronounce the sentence of the Law.

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