Supreme Court of Virginia January 15, 1867 (Hardy v. Commonwealth)

lead-opinion

- MONCURF, P.

Í haye given to this case *467all the consideration of which I am capable and which was so justly due as well to the. importance of the question involved, as to the ability and learning' with which it has been argued by counsel; and yet I confess that I have found great difficulty in arriving at a result which is satisfactory to my own mind.