State v. Strauder
West Virginia Supreme Court
This case reaches this Court by a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of Ohio county, granted on the petition of Taylor Strauder, the respondent. The facts appear in the opinion of the Court. The Hon. Thayer Melvin, judge of said circuit court, presided at the trial below.
1Opinion of the Court
HaYMOND, PRESIDENT.
At a circuit court held for the county of Ohio on the 20th day of May,'1872, there was found by the grand jury attending said court “A true bill” of indictment against Taylor Strauder for the murder of Anna Strau-der in said county of Ohio. The indictment contains three several counts — each count is for the same murder, but they differ somewhat in the description of the offense. On the day the indictment was found, Taylor Strauder was led to the bar of said court, in the custody of the jailor, and he then and there in his proper person demurred to the indictment, and the…
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