State v. Clark
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. Thomas Clark was convicted oí murder, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE:
Thomas Clark was convicted of murder in the first degree on the 17th day of January, 1901, in the circuit court of Min-go County, and sentenced to life imprisonment, having been charged with the murder of one John Dempsey. lío and Dempsey were neighbors, living on opposite sides of Pigeon creek, their houses being about one hundred and forty yards distant from each other, Dempsey owning the land on which he resided and Clark’s wife owning the land on which the prisoner resided. -Rather between the two houses, Old House Branch flowed into Pigeon Creek, and at that point…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Beard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- State v. HarrisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
- State v. RobinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882
- State v. FlanaganWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
- Honesty v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1886
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- State v. TaylorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- State v. YoungWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. KellisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
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