Chap. 238.—An ACT for the relief of J. W. Gordon, of Augusta county, Vir-
ginia, who was convicted of a felony in the courts of the Common-
wealth. ; (S. B. 491.)

Approved March 24, 1914.

Whereas, one J. W. Gordon, a citizen of the county of Augusta,
was at the September term of the county court of Augusta county
in the year nineteen hundred and one convicted of a felony, forgery,
and sentenced to the penitentiary ; and whereas, he, the said Gordon,
has served said sentence; and whereas, there was a judgment against
said Gordon for the costs of said prosecution of two hundred and
forty-one dollars and ninety-six cents; and whereas, said judgment
stands upon the judgment lien docket of the clerk’s office of the cir-
cuit court of Augusta county; and whereas, said judgment has never
been paid; and whereas, a witness has now come forward and made
a statement of facts not heretofore known of material importance
in said trial; and whereas, said witness in the opinion of the attorney
for the Commonwealth who prosecuted said case, is an entirely and
thoroughly reliable witness of high character; and whereas, the
sworn statement of said witness is of such a character that it would
certainly have raised a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of said
Gordon, upon said trial and upon said doubt having been raised
said Gordon would have been entitled to an acquittal; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the said Gordon be, and is, relieved of the payment of said judgment
in favor of the Commonwealth for the sum of two hundred and
forty-one dollars and ninety-six cents, and the clerk of the cireuit
court of Augusta county is directed, authorized and empowered to
endorse upon the margin of the judgment lien docket a release of
said judgment, and when so endorsed said judgment shall forever
be null and void.