State v. Calhoun
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, McDowell County. A. B. Calhoun was convicted of unlawful selling, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MilleR, 'Judge :
The indictment, in the language of the statute, charges that defendant on the •— - day of August, 1908, did unlawfully sell, offer and expose for sale wine, porter, ale, beer and drinks of like nature, * * * not then and there having a state license therefor. Issue was found on defendant’s only plea, not guilty, and on the trial the jury found him guilty as charged.
On the trial below defendant made a motion in arrest of judgment, which was overruled, alleging, as he does 'here, that the indictment, in one count, charges several and distinct offences. This is not a new…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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