State v. Hobbs
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited 23 W. Va. 426; 8 W. Va. 743; Whar. Or. Law § 1027; 93 U. S. 465; Code 946, s. 20; 31 W. Va. 507; 33 W. Va. 424; 1 W. Va. 336; 33 W. Va. 455. I. — Bill of exceptions. — Code, c. 131 s. 9, et seq.; Id. c. 160, s. 1; Acts 1891, c. 100. II.— Venue — Goronor.—Const. Art. IX, s. 2; Code, c. 154, s. 1, et seq.; 33 W. Va. 455; 1 W. Va. 336; 23 W. Va. 813; Whar. Cr. Ev. (9th Ed.) §§ 107, et seq.
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cited 23 W. Va. 426; 8 W. Va. 743; Whar. Or. Law § 1027; 93 U. S. 465; Code 946, s. 20; 31 W. Va. 507; 33 W. Va. 424; 1 W. Va. 336; 33 W. Va. 455. I. — Bill of exceptions. — Code, c. 131 s. 9, et seq.; Id. c. 160, s. 1; Acts 1891, c. 100. II.— Venue — Goronor.—Const. Art. IX, s. 2; Code, c. 154, s. 1, et seq.; 33 W. Va. 455; 1 W. Va. 336; 23 W. Va. 813; Whar. Cr. Ev. (9th Ed.) §§ 107, et seq. III. — Objections relating to juror. — 33 W. Va. 324. IV. — Indictment.—24 V. Va. 767.
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, Judge :
In the Circuit Court of Pleasants county on the 15th day of March, 1892, the grand jury of the county found and returned, indorsed “A true bill,” an indictment against the prisoner, E. H. Hobbs, charging that the prisoner, on the 31st day of October, 1891, in the said county of Pleasants, murdered one Henry Beaver. The prisoner moved to quash the indictment. It is in the form given by statute as suffi-*814eient, and the motion was properly overruled. The prisoner then pleaded not guilty. The issue was Hied by the jury, who found ITobbs not guilty of murder in the first degree, but…
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