Barbour v. Commonwealth

Citations

• 80 Va. 287
• 1885 Va. LEXIS 65

Syllabus

<p>1. Witnesses - Disqualification. — Conviction of petit larceny does not in this State disqualify one as a witness.</p> <p>2. Idem — Impeachment.—A witness cannot be impeached by proof of particular acts and offences committed by him.</p> <p>3. Criminal Practice — Evidence.—Evidence that the hands, knife, &c., of the prisoner were smeared with blood immediately after the homicide, is admissible, though there was no chemical analysis.</p> <p>4.' Idem — Idem—Cumulative.—After the argument has commenced it is too late to admit mere cumulative evidtnce.</p> <p>5. Idem — Counsel—Prisoner's Statement— Much latitude is allowed counsel in argument, but they should not relate to the jury the prisoner’s version as the statement of the accused, where the latter could not himself testify.</p> <p>6. Idem — Case at bar. — The facts exhibit a case of murder in the first degree.</p>