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8 Va. 589

Commonwealth v. McKinney

General Court of Virginia

Decided December 8, 1851

General Court of Virginia · decided 1851-12-08

This was an indictment for a wilful trespass to personal property in the Circuit court of Preston county : and the facts were agreed as follows.

Decided 1851-12-08

Field, J.

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶2The Court is of opinion and decides, that the sheriff’s return of the venire facias as to Joseph McKinney should be quashed, and the said Joseph discharged from further prosecution upon the indictment, because it does not appear from the record that the said Joseph has been indicted; and it is not competent for the Court to alter or amend the record in that respect. Cawood’s Case, 2 Va. Cas. 527, and others referred to in 3 Rob. Pr. 98.

¶3We deem it unnecessary to decide any other question.

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