Anderson v. Commonwealth

Citations

• 83 Va. 326
• 2 S.E. 281
• 1887 Va. LEXIS 73

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Proceedings—Circumstantial evidence.—While such evidence is often stronger and more satisfactory than direct evidence, yet it is the well-established rule that in a criminal case circumstantial evidence ought to be acted on with the utmost caution. Grayson’s Case, 6 Gratt. 712, and 7 Gratt. 613.</p> <p>2. Idem—Case at bar.—The. evidence in the record, while creating a suspicion against the prisoner, does not prove his guilt to the exclusion of every reasonable hypothesis consistent with his innocence.</p>