Stofer v. State
West Virginia Supreme Court
The indictment in this case, which was found in June, 1867, is as follows: “The jurors of the State of "West Virginia in and for the body of the county of Pocahontas, and now attending the said court, upon their oath present, that on the 3d day of June, 1867, in the said county, and at the circuit court held for the said county, at the court house thereof, on the 3d day of June, 1867, by Nathaniel Harrison, judge of the said court, one Daniel A. Stofer applied to the said…
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The indictment in this case, which was found in June, 1867, is as follows: “The jurors of the State of "West Virginia in and for the body of the county of Pocahontas, and now attending the said court, upon their oath present, that on the 3d day of June, 1867, in the said county, and at the circuit court held for the said county, at the court house thereof, on the 3d day of June, 1867, by Nathaniel Harrison, judge of the said court, one Daniel A. Stofer applied to the said court for admission to practice therein, as an attorney at law, and the Legislature of West Virginia having, by an act…
1Opinion of the CourtBerkshire, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and convicted of perjury in the circuit court of Pocahontas county.
There was no defence or motion to quash the indictment, but the plaintiff in error defended himself under the plea of not guilty. After verdict, however, he made a motion in arrest of judgment, upon the ground of the insufficiency of the indictment; which motion was overruled, and this ruling constitutes the first.assignment of error.
*692Various objections were urged against the indictment in the argument here. It was insisted that it is defective in not averring that the court, in which…
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