Seibright v. State
West Virginia Supreme Court
A bill of indictment was found against Lewis Seibright, by tbe grand jury of Ohio county, at the March term, 1867, for selling at the fifth ward market-house in the city of Wheeling, in said county of Ohio, diseased, corrupted, unsound and unwholesome meat. A trial was had, on the plea of nett guilty, at the same term, when the jury found the defendant guilty and assessed his fine at 100 dollars.
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A bill of indictment was found against Lewis Seibright, by tbe grand jury of Ohio county, at the March term, 1867, for selling at the fifth ward market-house in the city of Wheeling, in said county of Ohio, diseased, corrupted, unsound and unwholesome meat. A trial was had, on the plea of nett guilty, at the same term, when the jury found the defendant guilty and assessed his fine at 100 dollars. The defendant moved the court to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial, for reasons set forth in writing. (The reporter presumes on the ground that-the verdict was contrary to the evidence, but…
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, President.
This is a motion for an award of a writ of certiorari to the circuit court of Ohio county upon a suggestion of a diminution of the record, supported by affidavit. The diminution set forth is in the bill of exceptions. It is alleged in the affidavit that the bill of exceptions was tendered by the petitioner, Seibright, and signed and sealec} by the judge and made part of the record, without including certain words set forth in licec verba in the affidavit. That after the said bill of exceptions had been so signed, the words so set forth and objected to, were interpolated into…
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