[16] Collins v. Hall, Ibid., 574, note.
[17] State v. Fisher, 1 Harris and Johnson, R., 750.
[18] Rusk v. Sowerwine, 3 Ibid., 97.
[19] Sprigg v. Negro Mary, Ibid., 491.
[20] Ch. 176, § 20.
[21] Winn v. Jones, 6 Leigh, R., 74.
[22] Johnson v. The Commonwealth, 2 Grattan, R., 581.
[23] Code of Virginia (1849), Ch. 215, § 9.
[24] Ch. 107, § 1. See Tumey v. Knox, 7 T. B. Monroe, R., 91.
[25] Page v. Carter, 8 B. Monroe, R., 192.