Commonwealth v. Peas
4 Va. 692
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Commonwealth v. Peas, 4 Va. 692 (Va. Super. Ct. 1834).
Opinion
delivered the resolution of the court: That the omission of an averment in the indictment, that it was without the consent of the owner t hat the slave was removed or carried away, is a fatal defect, not cured by the verdict; and, therefore, that it be certified to the circuit superiour court, that the judgement ought to be arrested.
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