CHAPTER 235

An Act to amend and reenact § 19-164 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the tume of trial to prohibit trial at certain times except under
certain conditions.

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Approved March 8, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 19-164 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 19-164. When an indictment is found against a person for felony
or when an appeal has been perfected from the conviction of a misde-
meanor, the accused, if in custody, or if he appear according to his re-
cognizance, shall, unless good cause be shown for a continuance, be tried
or arraigned and tried at the same term; provided that no trial shall be
had on the first day of the term unless it be with the consent of the attor-
ney for the Commonwealth and the accused, or his attorney.