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1 Va. 748

Jones v. Commonwealth

General Court of Virginia

Decided December 15, 1842

General Court of Virginia · decided 1842-12-15

On the 15th of April 1840, the circuit superior court of Scott county ordered that Samuel E. Jones, Philip Counts and Archibald Forgay be summoned to appear before the court on the first day of the next term, to shew cause why an information should not be filed against them for assaulting and arresting William Sons on the 9th day of April 1840, and imprisoning him from that day until the 14th of the same month.

Decided 1842-12-15

¶1The judgment of the general court was as follows:

“ It seems to a majority of the court here, that the judgment of the circuit superior court is erroneous as to the plaintiff in error Archibald Forgay, but that there is no error therein as to the plaintiffs in error Samuel E. Jones and Fhilip Counts: Therefore it is considered that the said judgment, as to the said Archibald Forgay, be reversed and annulled; that the verdict, as to him, be set aside; and that the cause, as to him, be remanded to the said circuit superior court, for a new trial to be had therein upon the information according to law: and it is further considered that as to the said Samuel E. Jones and Fhilip Counts, the said judgment be affirmed, and that the commonwealth recover against them her costs about her defence in this court expended.”
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