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JONES v. COMMONWEALTH

117 S.E.2d 67 (1960)

202 Va. 236

Edgie R. JONES v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 28, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William King Mapp, Keller (Mapp & Mapp, Keller, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.

WHITTLE, Justice.

This case is before us upon a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Accomack County wherein Edgie R. Jones was sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary in conformity with the verdict of a jury finding him guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the slaying of his wife, Martha Jones.

It is disclosed that on the morning of May 18, 1959, Jones purchased a six shot.22-caliber pistol...

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