Legal Opinion

State v. Harrison

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 1, 1892PublishedCited by 85 opinions

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cited Code, c. 159, ss. 1, 13; 3 W. Ya. 699; 11 W. Ya. 726 ; 81 Ala. 577 ; 1 "WTiar. Cr. Law. (9th Ed.) §§ 33,43,45 ; 1 Bish. Cr. Law (7th Ed.) § 386, et seq.; 1 Greenl. Ev. § 372 ; 1 Stev. Cr. Pom. Law § 168; 20 W. Ya. 713, 750-759. cited the following authorities: 1.— The motion to quash the indictment was properly overruled. —Code (1891) c. 144, s. 1; 24 W. Ya. 767; Code (1891) c. 157, s. 3. 2.— The continuance ivas properly refused. — Code (1891) c. 159, b. 1; 27 W. Ya. 511; Id. 32; 11 W. Ya. 703; 7 W. Ya. 447 ; 19 W. Ya. 323; 1 W. Ya. 145; 2 W. Ya. 187. 3.- — Did the Court err in failing…

1Opinion of the Court

BRANNON, Judse :

On the 14th day of April, 1892, Allen Harrison was sentenced to death by the Circuit Court of Cabell county for the murder of Bettie Adams, and he comes to this Court for relief from that sentence.

Should the verdict be set aside because of separation of the jury ? Between twelve and one o’clock at night a juror rose from his bed, and went to the water-closet of the.hotel where the jury .boarded, to answer a call of nature. . The deputy sheriff in charge of the jury unlocked the door of the room wherein the juror slept and went with him into the hall leading to the closet- and…

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