FARROW v. COMMONWEALTH


89 S.E.2d 312 (1955)

197 Va. 353

Arlington FARROW v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 10, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Messick, J. A. Ellett, Roanoke, for plaintiff in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


SMITH, Justice.

This case is before us on a writ of error to a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury finding the defendant, Arlington Farrow, a 33 year old negro, guilty of killing Hugh Conway Broadwell, Deputy Sheriff of Giles county. In accordance with the jury's verdict of murder in the second degree the defendant was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of 15 years.

In his brief the defendant reduces his twelve assignments of...

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