Shipp v. Commonwealth

Citations

• 86 Va. 746
• 10 S.E. 1065
• 1890 Va. LEXIS 39

Syllabus

<p>1. Murder—Case at bar.—Prisoner, after an altercation with deceased, declared he would shoot him if caught off his land; met him soon after, accused him of slander, and aimed a gun at him; and when deceased, unable to retreat, picked up an iion pipe for self-defence, prisoner shot and killed him: held, evidence warrants the verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree.</p> <p>2. Idem—Instructions.—At such trial, the court refused to instruct that, if any reasonable doubt exists in the minds of the jury as to the credibility of any witness, they must give prisoner benefit of such doubt: held, no error.</p>