Chap. 339.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4051 of the Code of Vir.
ginia, 1887, in regard to suspending sentence, or execution thereof, and
to provide for bail pending suspension of sentence, or execution thereof,
after conviction.

Approved March 17, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
forty hundred and fifty-one be amended and re-enacted so as to read a3
follows:

§4051. If a person sentenced by a circuit or corporation or hustings
court to death or confinement in the penitentiary ask for time to apply
for a writ of error, the said court shall postpone the execution of its sen-
tence until a reasonable time beyond the first day of the next term of the
court of appeals, not exceeding thirty days after that day. In any other
criminal case, wherein judgment is given by any court, and in any case
of judgment for a contempt, to which a writ of error lies, the court giv-
ing such judgment may postpone the execution thereof for such time and
on such terms as it deems proper. And in any case after conviction, and
sentence, or the execution thereof is suspended in accordance with this
section, or for any other cause, the court, or the judge thereof in vaca-
tion, may, in the discretion of such court or judge, let the prisoner to bail
in such penalty and for appearance at such time as the nature of the case
may require.

2. In view of the fact that many cases are now pending for trial and
will be tried before ninety days elapse, an emergency is created, and this
act shall take effect from its passage.