State v. Cross
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited Code 1891, p. 895; Code 1891, p. 896; 20 W. Ya. p. 680; Black. Com. Yol. 2. B. 4,148; 9 Am. & Eng. Ene. of Law, 541; 38 W. Ya. 417; 28 W. Ya. 297; 20 W. Ya. 738-740; Stephen’s Digest of the Law of Ev., pp. 113, 114; Code W. Ya. 1891; p. 946; 31 W. Ya. 505; 39 W. Ya. 415, 658; 37 W. Ya. 38, 380, 812; 41 W. Ya. 229.
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, Judge:
At the October term, 1895, of the Circuit Court of Ritchie county, Erank Cross was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to the - penitentiary for life. From this judgment he obtained a writ of error.
The facts shown in evidence are as follows, to wit: On the 5th day of September, 1895, the accused went to the house of liis sister, Ella Taylor, near Cornwallis, in Ritchie county, where his wife had preceded him. He was partly intoxicated, from drinking alcohol, and had on his person a self-cocking revolver he had obtained that day from one George Garrison for…
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