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The Daily Dispatch: November 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], A hard case. (search)
Sentences of Bernard. --In the Circuit Court of Henrico, yesterday, Joseph Bernard, who stands convicted of murder in the second degree, moved through his counsel to arrest judgment, because, by the writ of venire facias. the Sheriff was commanded to summon and did summon jurors not properly qualified to act as such; which motion was overruled, and the Court proceeded to sentence the prisoner to nine years confinement in the penitentiary, in conformity with the verdict. The execution of Joseph Bernard, who stands convicted of murder in the second degree, moved through his counsel to arrest judgment, because, by the writ of venire facias. the Sheriff was commanded to summon and did summon jurors not properly qualified to act as such; which motion was overruled, and the Court proceeded to sentence the prisoner to nine years confinement in the penitentiary, in conformity with the verdict. The execution of sentence was suspended until the 1st of February, 1862, to give an opportunity to take the case up to the Court of Appeals.