Chap. 12.—An ACT to Amend the 84th Section of Chapter 202, Cod
of 1878, with Reference to the Trial of Felonies.

Approved January 26, 1874.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, Tha
section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and two of the
Code of Virginia, edition eighteen hundred and seventy
three, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ 34. Every person charged with felony, and held fo:
trial in any court, shall be forever discharged from prosecu
tion for the offence, if in a circuit court, there be three regu
lar terms of such court, and if in a corporation court, thers
be six regular terms of such court after he is so held, withou'
a trial, unless the failure to try him was caused by his in
sanity, or by the witnesses for the commonwealth being en
ticed or kept away, or prevented from attending by sicknes
or inevitable accident, or by a continuance granted on th
motion of the accused, or by reason of his escaping fron
jail or failing to appear according to his recognizance, or o
the inability of the jury to agree in their verdict.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.