Legal Opinion

State v. Calhoun

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 18, 1910PublishedCited by 33 opinions

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

  1. Richmond & Danville Railroad v. MedleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
  2. State v. ChisnellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Vance v. EvansWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877
  4. State v. HoodWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. MannSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. State v. RileyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1966
  2. State v. DozierWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Pyles v. BolesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1964
  4. State v. MastersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Dangerfield v. AkersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1945

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