Supreme Court of Virginia December 15, 1845 (Hill v. Commonwealth)

Duncan, J.

delivered the opinion of the majority of the Court.

The prisoner was indicted for the murder of Robert R. Smith; and was found guilty by the petit jury of murder in the first degree ; and sentence of death was pronounced by the Court.

On the trial, the dying declarations of the decedent were given in evidence to the jury, and this was objected to by the prisoner.