Commonwealth v. Campfield

Henrico County Circuit Court

Commonwealth v. Campfield

1 Howison 6

DecidedNovember 1, 1850

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Commonwealth v. Campfield, 1 Howison 6 (Va. Super. Ct. 1850).

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When 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.

John 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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When 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.

John 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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1 Howison 6, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/commonwealth-v-campfield-vacchenrico-1850.