Lanthrop v. Commonwealth , 6 Va. 671 ( 1849 )

Field, J.

The Court is of opinion, that the Circuit court erred in directing the clerk to charge the jury under the act of 1819, instead of the act of the 14th of March 1848, ch. 4, § 15, 16. And for this error the judgment is reversed; and the cause is remanded to the Circuit court for a new trial to be had therein. And upon such trial the clerk is to be instructed to charge the jury under the said act of March 1848.