Combs v. Commonwealth

Citations

• 90 Va. 88
• 17 S.E. 881
• 1893 Va. LEXIS 16

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Proceedings — Special grand jury. —Without a writ of venire facias a special grand jury may be summoned from a list furnished by the judge. Robinson v. Com., 88 Va., 900.</p> <p>2. Idem — Legal session — Special judge. — A county court is in regular session on the second day of a term on which it is opened by the judge thereof, when an order is made stating that owing to his disability to preside at the trial of any cause on the docket another specified judge took his seat and proceeded to dispatch business, the record stating that the latter judge signed the orders of that day.</p> <p>3. Idem — Evidence.—Testimony that certain corn found in the house of one on trial for larceny thereof, was the corn stolen, in the witness’ opinion, and to the best of his knowledge and belief, founded on the fact that certain articles were in it that were also in the stolen corn.</p> <p>Held:</p> <p>Unobjectionable.</p> <p>4. Idem- — Record.—There need not be set out in the record the writ of venire facias for the trial jury in a criminal prosecution.</p>