Commonwealth v. M'Clenegan

General Court of Virginia

Commonwealth v. M'Clenegan

1 Va. Cas. 155, 3 Va. 155, 1808 Va. LEXIS 1

DecidedJune 11, 1808

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Commonwealth v. M'Clenegan, 1 Va. Cas. 155, 3 Va. 155, 1808 Va. LEXIS 1 (Va. Super. Ct. 1808).

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The point adjourned in this case sufficiently appears from the opinion of the court.

June 11th, 1808, present judges Tyler, Nelson, White, Stuart, Brooke and Holmes. “The court are unanimously of opinion that where an indictment or presentment 156 *is found by a grand jury against any person for a misdemeanor to which the law has affixed an infamous or corporal punishment, the court before whom such indictment or presentment is found, may, in its discretion, award a capias in the first instance ; and that upon indictments and presentments of an inferior nature, such court ought, after two venire faciases have been returned not found, to award a capias. ’ ’

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The point adjourned in this case sufficiently appears from the opinion of the court.

June 11th, 1808, present judges Tyler, Nelson, White, Stuart, Brooke and Holmes. “The court are unanimously of opinion that where an indictment or presentment 156 *is found by a grand jury against any person for a misdemeanor to which the law has affixed an infamous or corporal punishment, the court before whom such indictment or presentment is found, may, in its discretion, award a capias in the first instance ; and that upon indictments and presentments of an inferior nature, such court ought, after two venire faciases have been returned not found, to award a capias. ’ ’

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1 Va. Cas. 155, 3 Va. 155, 1808 Va. LEXIS 1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/commonwealth-v-mclenegan-vagensess-1808.