Legal Opinion

Weil v. Black

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 5, 1915PublishedCited by 40 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Prohibition by A. Leo Weil against Hon. H. K. Black, Judge, etc. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Williams, Judge:

Four indictments were found by a grand jury at the January term, 1915, of the intermediate court of Kanawha county, against defendant in error, two of which purport to charge him, as accessory before the fact, with two several felonious attempts to bribe two designated public officers, members, respectively, of the public service commission of West Virginia, and two, with an unlawful attempt to bribe the same officers.

Following the indictments, defendant in error appeared and gave bond for his appearance in court on the 10th of March, 1915, to answer same. Thereafter, on the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MacloonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  2. People v. SalsburyMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
  3. People v. . JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
  4. Swinburn v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
  5. People v. . O'NeilNew York Court of Appeals · 1888

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Ford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. State Ex Rel. Carson v. WoodWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1970
  3. State Ex Rel. Heck's, Inc. v. GatesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1965
  4. State ex rel. City of Huntington v. LombardoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1965
  5. State ex rel. Cecil v. KnappWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1958

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