Finchim v. Commonwealth

Citations

• 83 Va. 689
• 3 S.E. 343
• 1887 Va. LEXIS 111

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Proceedings &emdash; Murder&emdash;Circumstantial evidence&emdash;Case at bar.&emdash;The record discloses concurrent facts of time, place, means, opportunity, motive, and subsequent conduct, pointing to the prisoner as the perpetrator of the crime for which he stands indicted, that fully warranted the jury, acting with that utmost caution with which circumstantial evidence should always be acted on, in arriving at their verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree.</p>