Case Name: Ford v. The Commonwealth
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1886-11-18
Citations: 82 Va. 553
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ford v. The Commonwealth.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 82
Pages: 553–553

Head Matter:
Richmond.
Ford v. The Commonwealth.
November 18th, 1886.
Criminal Proceedings—Jury trial—Waiver.—In this State defendant cannot waive a trial by jury in a criminal prosecution in a court of record.
W. W. Larkin, for the plaintiff in error.
R. A. Ayers, Attorney-General, for the Commonwealth.

Opinion:
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The question involved in this case is similar to that just decided in the case of Mays v. Commonwealth. The judgment must, therefore, be reversed for the reasons stated in writing and filed with the record in that case.
Judgment reversed.