Legal Opinion

State v. Kyer

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 16, 1904Published

Error to Circuit Court, Roane County. Forest Kyer was convicted of gaining, and brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

DeNT, Judge:

Forest Kyer obtained a writ of error to the judgment of the circuit court of Roane county, fixing a fine of $5.00 against him for unlawful gaming, and now insists that such fine was improperly imposed upon him for the reason that the evidence did not show him guilty of the offense charged in the indictment:

The indictment is as follows:

“State of West Virginia, Roane county, to-wit: In the circuit court of said county: The grand jurors of the State of West Virginia, in and for the body of the county of Roane, and now attending said court, upon their oaths, presents that Forest Kyer…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. BrastWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888

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