State v. Ramey

Haden, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal and supersedeas granted on the petition of Fletcher Hartsel Ramey who was convicted in the Circuit Court of Logan County for the felonious possession of forty-two counterfeit twenty-dollar bills with the intent to utter the same. See, West Virginia Code of 1931, Chapter 61, Article 4, Section 6.

When arrested, a lawful search revealed the counterfeit bills on Ramey’s person. Although sharply conflicting, other direct evidence was introduced which proved to the satisfaction of the jury that he had purchased counterfeit bills at less than face amount on one…