State v. Blazovitch
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, McDowell County. Joseph Blazovitch was convicted of carrying arms without a license, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE:
This writ of error involves a single purely legal question, one of interpretation of the basic provision of sec. 7 of ch. 148 of the Code, making it unlawful to carry deadly weapons and reading as follows: “If any person without a state license therefor, carry about his person any revolver or other pistol, dirk, bowie knife, slung shot, razor, billy, metallic or other false knuckles, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon of like kind or character, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor” etc.
A jury having been waived, the trial court found the accused guilty and imposed a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Coal & Coke Ry. Co. v. ConleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
- Sutherland v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1909
- Bank of Weston v. ThomasWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- Wagner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916
- Brown v. GatesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- State v. TottenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
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